Posted by alexandra_k on February 16, 2015, at 23:57:26
In reply to Re: The ultimate placebo, posted by ed_uk2010 on February 16, 2015, at 17:42:43
I'm thinking there might be something doctrine of double effect-y to appeal to. So... I didn't intend to kill them... I just intended to turn the switch off on the life support system and a by-product of the switch being turned off was that they died. Or... I didn't intend to kill them I just intended to increase their morphene to control their pain and an unintentional by-product was that they died of too much morphene.
I just intended to give them the best *most effective* treatment. Who wouldn't consent to that??
I don't quite know.
Maybe... Governments should fund such studies. Especially insofar as governments pay for approved treatments. You would think they would need to fund someone to check / balance pharma studies... In some countries, at least...
Because... Conning people into paying a crap ton of money for something that is no more effective than (properly jazzed up) placebo... Sounds worse. Ethically, I mean.
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