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lisma
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i believe stealing it would be the ethical option.
The only unethical one is the man selling the drug at too high of a price and denying innocents the option to save their life because this guy is too much of a cheap ass.
Steal it. I would steal it. And hopefully condemn this guy to hell.
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Periwinkle
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Theft is theft and it's wrong in that sense for him to steal the drug, but he should still do it. Right and wrong =/= black and white.
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Takinam
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I do not see why he wouldn't steal the medicine. What matters more to him. The overpriced, demanding durggist or his ailing wife? Ethically and morally, I would place the value of his wifes' life over that of the monetary earnings of a druggist. My opinion is that when one puts one moral over another, it is possible to find solace in abiding by one and ignoring the other.
Post edited at 3:03 am on Nov. 19, 2008 by Takinam
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medjai
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What if that druggist needs the money for an operation on his own wife that's otherwise going to die?
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or what if he only has enough for one family and the other family with the same issue CAN pay
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Quote: from Forever Angel at 7:19 pm on Nov. 17, 2008
 Is there a plausible reason that person should be allowed to die? 
"Preventing them from dying would violate the absolute and eternal word of God"?
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Quote: from SpM at 5:32 pm on Nov. 19, 2008
Quote: from Forever Angel at 7:19 pm on Nov. 17, 2008
Is there a plausible reason that person should be allowed to die?
"Preventing them from dying would violate the absolute and eternal word of God"?
No, it wouldn't. If it's God's wish that they die, they WILL die, there is no way to "prevent" that.
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I think this question, or a very similar one, came up on my UKCAT exam. I put yes, he should steal it. Whilst it is illegal and he is effectively robbing the druggist of potential money, not to mention the product, in order to save his wife's life he has to break moral and legal guidelines. We don't really know what ramifications this may have on the druggist, because we don't know enough of the situation, so we assume that nothing bad or really negative happens to the druggist. It's with this presumption that I'd say yes. Post edited at 5:43 am on Nov. 21, 2008 by marshmellowman
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