Marcia Angell emphasizes that an essential ethical condition for a randomized clinical
trial of two medical treatments is that
a. the disease being studied must be a life-threatening disease.
b. those conducting the research must have no financial interest in the outcome.
c. there is no good reason to think that one treatment is superior to the other.
d. both treatments must be known to be safe.
e. the trial be organized as a double-blind experiment.
c
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Consequentialists believe that the central part of moral action is
a) the self. b) the virtues. c) the other. d) the consequences.
Respecting government efforts to censor the Internet, which of these countries has restricted access to sites related to the Dalai Lama?
a) North Korea b) Saudi Arabia c) Germany d) China
What was Dr. Jack Kevorkian's argument for euthanasia?
A. It should be avoided under any circumstances. B. It is a mercy killing when a patient is in a terminal state of dying. C. The option should ultimately be decided by an experienced physician. D. It should only be done in sudden accidents rather than serious illnesses.
If the traditional cosmological argument is sound, then it proves that God is
A. omniscient. B. omnibenevolent. C. omnipotent. D. all of these. E. none of these.