In his essay, Allan Hillman compares the act of racial profiling to the types of considerations that other medical professionals make: "Like the physician, the police officer is simply taking into consideration the prior probabilities of group behavior in order to better do her job." In your essay, evaluate the aptness of this parallel. In other words, does Hillman's move work? Can you think of a morally relevant factor that distinguishes the doctor's case from the police officer's? Defend your answer.

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The Answer is Explain and evaluate Hillman's parallel between police engaged in racial profiling and doctors taking race into consideration in their medical practices
Consider whether there is a morally relevant factor that distinguishes these two cases, and thus serves to undermine Hillman's comparison
Argue in defense of either the existence or nonexistence of a morally relevant distinguishing factor

In His Essay, Allan Hillman Compares the Act of Racial