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1. A patient is extensively burned in a house fire. He requests that his life be ended by means of a lethal dose of drugs. His physician refuses, claiming that it is against the law to do so. Which moral theory best supports the physician’s view, Kantian or Utilitarian ethics? Explain and support your answer.

2. Describe the major weaknesses of Kantian ethics and provide specific health care related examples.

3. Describe why the Tuskegee Syphilis study was unethical.  

Answer 1