Exam 7: Ethical Issues Regarding Emerging Technologies

In "Intellectual Property and Pharmaceutical Drugs: An Ethical Analysis", Richard T. De George lays out what he calls the "Status Quo" and "Standard" approaches as defenses of current pharmaceutical practices. Evaluate these arguments regarding ethical pricing of pharmaceuticals. Then, using De George's suggestions, determine steps toward an alternative regulation of the industry and patent systems to control prices.

Werhane and Gorman conclude their essay by suggesting that there is a clear difference between equality as a principle and treating every individual as an equal. Explain this difference. How does it tie into the Alliance Model for the pharmaceutical industry and intellectual property

In "Intellectual Property Rights, Moral Imagination, and Access to Life-Enhancing Drugs" the central thesis that Patricia H. Werhane and Michael E. Gorman argue for is:

In "Internet Content Providers and Complicity in Human Rights Abuse," Jeffery D. Smith argues that ICPs operating in China:

"Social media and the Modern Worker" highlights several examples of employees being fired over content on their Facebook pages but only for specifically disparaging their employer.

According to Deborah G. Johnson in "Privacy and Internet Ethics" one of the central moral objections to the infringement on privacy committed by the increasing use of technology is:

De George laments that the U.S Government does nothing to encourage the development of drugs to treat those living in tropical, developing countries and assumes the governments in such countries are responsible for research and development regarding treatment of their citizens.

Name three of the five ways that Deborah Johnson explains technology has changed information gathering in society.

In "Privacy and Internet Ethics" Deborah G. Johnson presents arguments designed to show the positives and negatives of our increased capacity of technology to gather, store, and manipulate information. Evaluate how our enhanced capacities have the potential to both benefit and harm the social welfare. Which do you find stronger Is there a way to embrace the benefits of technology without risking the harms to the social good she envisions

In "Intellectual Property and Pharmaceutical Drugs: An Ethical Analysis", De George might summarize the standard argument for intellectual property rights as one of justice and utilitarian concerns.