What arguments for thinking that physician assisted suicide

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1. Describe clearly, but concisely, the clinical trial discussed in Reading 29 (Social Context: Clinical Trials, HIV and Pregnancy: "A Third World Tuskeegee", which is posted on Brightspace). It has been argued that this trial was unethical and should not have been carried out. Do you agree or disagree? Defend your view in detail.

2. What are the strongest reasons/arguments for thinking that physician assisted suicide and/or active voluntary euthanasia are morally permissible and should be legal (under certain carefully specified conditions, of course). Are they convincing? Defend your view.

3. Describe as clearly as you can the famous WHO definition of health. Explain as best you can how this definition came to be put forward. What would you say are the main strengths and/or possible weaknesses of the WHO definition. Do you think it is an improvement over the biological definition? Why or why not?

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