Exam 11: The Challenge of Global Bioethics

David Resnik holds that research funding as it is currently practiced is unjust.

There are ethical questions associated with the use of placebos.

Climate change is having a significant impact on human health.

The medical importance of an issue is reflected in its political importance.

Annas and Grodin argue that if research will benefit a population in a developing nation then there is no need to secure the informed consent of the participants from that nation.

The standards for clinical trials in the developing world are the same as for those in the developed world.

Peter Singer is a libertarian.

Cultural relativists seem committed to rejecting multiculturalism.

Peter Singer believed that the example of the drowning baby shows that people have a moral obligation to persons outside their own countries.

The majority of healthcare resources are devoted to solving the problems of the developing word.

How the effectiveness of a drug in a clinical trial should be measured is always clear.

A cosmopolitan view of distributive justice considers the distribution of resources to be a global issue.

The medical importance of infectious diseases to global health is reflected in the pay scale of physicians who specialize in this area.

Peter Singer believes that the only ethical responsibilities we have are those that we voluntarily accept.

Some libertarians argue that moral responsibility does not extend beyond national borders, and so there is no moral obligation to aid people in the developing world.