Ethics and Philosophy Questions

[nysegop]

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Curious to hear people's opinions on these issues and philosophical topics.

-Can a doctor own a gun?

-Are we drawn to what we are good at or are we good at what we are drawn to?

 

[goofball]

-Can a doctor own a gun?

-Are we drawn to what we are good at or are we good at what we are drawn to?

These aren't ethical questions...



To answer them, well, I don't see why a doctor can't own a gun. And we are NOT necessarily good at what we're drawn to, so I think the first one. What ends up happening is that you think you like something because you will be good at it (I thought I would like being a Chemistry major), you realize you suck at it (I switched majors to a lib art), you start to hate it (I now utterly despise Chemistry) and then you do something you're good at and be happy. So you're drawn to what you're good at.

 

[nysegop]

These aren't ethical (or really even philosophical) questions...



To answer them, well, I don't see why a doctor can't own a gun. And we are NOT necessarily good at what we're drawn to, so I think the first one. What ends up happening is that you think you like something because you will be good at it (I thought I would like being a Chemistry major), you realize you suck at it (I switched majors to a lib art), you start to hate it (I now utterly despise Chemistry) and then you do something you're good at and be happy. So you're drawn to what you're good at.

Just don't go into pharm. Haha.

Gun=Ethical. Some people think doctors should own guns since they are healers and "first, do no harm".

Other issue: philosophical

 

[survivordo]

Of course a doctor can own a gun. Let's not forget that most gun owners are responsible, law abiding citizens. I think a more thought provoking question may be:

"Can a veterinarian be a hunter"

In my opinion, yes. I think if anything it is more ethical to put the time and energy of hunting into putting meat on your dinner table than picking it up at the supermarket (not that either way is wrong)

Survivor DO

 

[goofball]

Just don't go into pharm. Haha.

Gun=Ethical. Some people think doctors should own guns since they are healers and "first, do no harm".

Other issue: philosophical

Ok fine fine. I was taking a much stricter view of the term "ethical."

 

[nysegop]

Here's what I think:

Can a veterinarian be a hunter:
Yes. As long as they are a good vet, I don't give two turds if they are a hunter.

Drawn to vs good at:
A little of both. I tend to do better in courses as my interests shift. When I was interested in business as a freshman I focused more on my social studies and economics classes. I wasn't very good at science. Now that I'm interested in medicine I've been doing better in all of my science courses. Luckily I'm still doing pretty well in my social studies classes 🙂

At the same time, I like things that I am good at (technology).

Can a doctor own a gun:
Absolutely. As long as it is for sport and/or self defense.

 

[Tolbert]

1) I think it's okay for a doctor to own a gun.

2) I think it depends what the topic is. I mean profession wise, I think it's what we're good at (even though we may regret it later). BUT, I think in some instances, (ex, love 😉) like people say all the time, you are drawn to who you're drawn to. I think it's more the former, but yeah.

 

[Tolbert]

double post fml

 

[nysegop]

Is it ethical for a doctor (or anyone) to gamble? If a resident saved up $1000 and went to Vegas, and you were the attending physician and found out about it, would you mention it/bring disciplinary action?

 

[Solomon]

Is it ethical for a doctor (or anyone) to gamble? If a resident saved up $1000 and went to Vegas, and you were the attending physician and found out about it, would you mention it/bring disciplinary action?

That would be extremely asinine IMO. It's $1000 of their hard earned money. What's wrong with them having fun? Unless I'm missing something, it's not harming them, or anyone for that matter.

 

[Quaxton]

Is it ethical for a doctor (or anyone) to gamble? If a resident saved up $1000 and went to Vegas, and you were the attending physician and found out about it, would you mention it/bring disciplinary action?

My father's a doctor and he goes to Vegas to have fun. 🙂
He also invests/trades securities on the stock market, which you can say is a bit like gambling as well.

 

[nysegop]

My father's a doctor and he goes to Vegas to have fun. 🙂
He also invests/trades securities on the stock market, which you can say is a bit like gambling as well.

Except with the stock market it is somewhat predictable and you can make predictions based on technical and fundamental analysis.

My view is people can do what they want with their money as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else.

 

[Quaxton]

Except with the stock market it is somewhat predictable and you can make predictions based on technical and fundamental analysis.

You can say the same thing about gambling. It depends on what casino game you're playing. For my AP Statistics class, we had to do a research project on trying to gain better odds in blackjack, roulette, and slot machine. The slot machine one was particularly hard. It involved predicting a slot machine's outcome by recording data from the previous outcomes and coming up with a prediction. In the end, we managed to crack the seed for the random number generator.

p.s. Cracking the seed gave us the ability to predict every single outcome of the slot machine. So we knew when to play (favourable outcome), and when to wait for someone else to play.

 

[Mufid]

Here are some tricky bioethics questions I've heard of:

Your patient has HIV but tells you not to tell his partner. Do you keep patient information confidential or be proactive and potentially save somebody from harm?

In a rural town, an old man comes in and requires surgery. A couple minutes later a younger man comes in and requires the same surgery. Both must need the surgery immediately or they will die. You are the only surgeon that knows the procedure in this town. Who do you treat?

You could read more up on bioethics, here if you wish: http://depts.washington.edu/bioethx/topics/

 

[nysegop]

Here are some tricky bioethics questions I've heard of:

Your patient has HIV but tells you not to tell his partner. Do you keep patient information confidential or be proactive and potentially save somebody from harm?

In a rural town, an old man comes in and requires surgery. A couple minutes later a younger man comes in and requires the same surgery. Both must need the surgery immediately or they will die. You are the only surgeon that knows the procedure in this town. Who do you treat?

You could read more up on bioethics, here if you wish: http://depts.washington.edu/bioethx/topics/

1. Are they married or dating? If they're dating I just tell the partner to "get out while you still can". If they're married I just tell him that "some thing is up with your wife's beaver".

2. Trick question. I combine cloning with extreme AGHs. I clone myself so I can operate on both patients. Then once they are healed I hire both of them to clone my clones a million times. Then I create the worlds largest and cheapest hospital. Then I monopolize the healthcare system. Then I become dictator of the world. Then I pump money into space programs and research.

 

[Mufid]

1. Perfect. That's exactly the answer to that question.
2. You see, that's where the ethical issue comes in. Can you clone a physician? That's the major issue, obviously not the minor issue of "life's value" at all.

Also, you forgot to woo the military complex over with your jingoist policies, all the while promising them a great deal of power in your contrived NWO. That's a key component to anyone's plans to world takeover. And then, of course, you backstab them by creating an army of clones that will obey your every command and heed your whims--at that time, the moral implications of cloning cannot be used as a limitation on your regime because YOU are the manifestation of the law.