Write a 3-page letter to the school board of your child’s school in which you argue in favor of a mandatory-vaccination policy for school attendance.
Ethical Arguments In Public Health Policy
Overview
Write a 3-page letter to the school board of your child’s school in which you argue in favor of a mandatory-vaccination policy for school attendance.
What makes bioethics so compelling is that public issues can quickly become private dilemmas, or even crises. In this assessment, you bring the full weight of ethical analysis to bear as you argue for a particular public health policy that involves trade-offs for some individuals. Ethics can be applied to resolve the ongoing debate over freedom versus security in American public policy.
Context
Public health ethics concerns the general well-being of a society, nation, and even the world. Much of Western philosophy is based on the uniqueness of the individual and the rights afforded to us to pursue life, liberty, and happiness. Our focus on the individual, however, can lead us away from the fact that we live in groups, large and small. Diseases do not recognize individuals, but can move through groups without regard to human-made borders. Public health ethics addresses these concerns and, thus, is one of the more complex areas of the already complex subject of bioethics.
Questions to Consider
To deepen your understanding, you are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your professional community.
Resources
Suggested Resources
The following optional resources are provided to support you in completing the assessment or to provide a helpful context. For additional resources, refer to the Research Resources and Supplemental Resources in the left navigation menu of your courseroom.
Capella Multimedia
Click the links provided below to view the following multimedia pieces:
Four Ethical Theories| Transcript.
Three Ethical Traditions| Transcript.
Ethical Theories| Transcript.
Library Resources
The following e-books or articles from the University Library are linked directly in this course:
Coughlin, S. S. (2009). Case studies in public health ethics(2nd ed.). Washington, DC: APHA Press.
Course Library Guide
The University library guide has been created specifically for your use in this course. You are encouraged to refer to the resources in the PHI-FP2051 – Bioethics and Society Library Guide to help direct your research.
Internet Resources
Access the following resources by clicking the links provided. Please note that URLs change frequently. Permissions for the following links have been either granted or deemed appropriate for educational use at the time of course publication.
Santa Clara University, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics (n.d.). Ethics cases. Retrieved from http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/focusareas/cases.cfm
Center for Practical Bioethics. (n.d.). Case studies. Retrieved from http://www.practicalbioethics.org/resources/case-studies
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