Ethics involves thinking through questions concerning what we should do. Identify two examples of questions we might seek to answer using ethical thinking

What will be an ideal response?


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Examples from the textbook include:Is
it okay to pull the plug on a terminally ill patient?
Is it permissible to donate the organs of a deceased person who has not given permission for us to do so?
Do we have ethical obligations to future persons?
Is eating meat morally permissible?
Is drug use morally permissible?
Is suicide morally permissible?
Is it okay to lie to protect someone's feelings?

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