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Moral Values

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It is an analysis on the Willowbrook Hepatitis Experiments. The reading is from Intervention and Reflection (Basic Issues in Bioethics) by Ronald Munson and Ian Lague.  I have attached the required reading parts for this assignment in a PDF. It starts on pg. 140 at The Willowbrook Hepatitis Experiments to pg. 141. Then it goes from the bottom of pg. 172 at Section 1: Consent and Experimentation to the top half of pg 179.  The directions are to organize an analysis according to these 3 questions: 1) First present the case as it happened including all of the important details. As you do this, explain what moral values are involved and if there are any conflicting values. 2) Present an explanation of how you believe Aristotle (Virtue Ethics) would judge the case in question. Would Aristotle understand the outcome involved to be morally right or wrong? Why? Analyzing a case according to Aristotle requires applying the moral virtues to the case in question. Next, present an explanation of how you believe Kant (Deontological Ethics) would judge the case in question. Would Kant understand the outcome involved to be morally right or wrong? Why? Analyzing a case according to Kant requires applying the Categorical Imperative in the two forms we discussed. Lastly, present an explanation of how you believe Mill (Utilitarian Ethics) would judge the case in question. Would Mill understand the outcome involved to be morally right or wrong? Why? Analyzing a case according to Mill requires applying the Greatest Happiness Principle and any secondary rules that apply to the case. 3) Present what you believe to be the most ethically sound outcome for this case, regardless of how it actually happened, and why you think that. Please carefully answer everything that is being asked and to cite anything that was used. Thank you.
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