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jws1776

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  1. There would be only one way to proceed in a situation like that. Assuming that the medicine could be stolen, then the doctor does not value it's inventory enough to have the proper security systems and guards in place to protect it. Combined with the fact that my wife's life would take precedence over everything else, and that the theft of the medicine did not result in another person that paid for it to use for a dying loved one not being able to have it, I would steal it. I would also, accept the consequences that came with that act, and within the confines of a society with a court system and criminal law, would turn myself in after taking it and getting it to my wife. I could live for a period of time in prison knowing that I did what I thought I had to do, and would pursue any legal means available to secure the funds needed to pay for it once my liberty was restored and I was back in society again. No amount of ethical philosophical debate would convince me not to do it. And, given the current state of statism that we live in today, the same scenario could be presented, with more detail as to the origins of the life saving medicine being described above. Would the act of taking it in an effort to save one's spouse be less of an ethical problem if within the parameters of a statist society bordering on socialism: it could be determined that the doctor secured all of the funds he attended medical school with from "government" grants and money, then obtained a large amount of money from the state to research and develop such a drug, and then at the time it was stolen was administering it primarily to patients that received medical vouchers from the government to see that doctor. Assuming all of those factors existed, then does that doctor truly own the drug that would be needed to save a spouses life. I'm sure in that scenario, the man stealing it if he had time to do a thorough accounting of all the taxes he had paid in his life up until that point, it would show that he had already indirectly "paid" for the drug a few times over already.
  2. With respect to judging a person, I think a fair amount of information regarding them over a long period of time is required, and even then it is hard to accurately judge another person. I have found that if I analyize their actions over a period of time, it is their actions and behavior that I find myself judging and not the person themselves.
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