Medical ethicist: Support Assuming there is a reasonable chance for a cure, it is acceptable to offer experimental treatments for a disease to patients who suffer from extreme symptoms of that disease. ββββ ββββββββ βββ ββββ ββββ ββ βββββ β βββββββββββ βββββ βββββββ βββ ββββββββ ββ β βββββ ββββββββββ ββ ββ βββββ ββββββββββ ββ βββββ ββββββββββββ ββββββββββ ββ ββββββββ βββ ββββββββββ ββ βββββββ ββββββββ ββ βββ ββββββββ ββββββββ
The argument proceeds by presenting a conditional relationship (if a patient suffers extreme symptoms, then itβs acceptable to offer them experimental treatments). It then concludes that the absence of the sufficient condition (a patient who isnβt suffering extreme symptoms) leads to the absence of the necessary condition (it is not acceptable to offer them experimental treatments).
This is the cookie-cutter flaw of confusing sufficient and necessary conditions, because it concludes that the absence of the sufficient condition leads to the absence of the necessary condition. Just because suffering extreme symptoms is one way to deserve being offered the treatment, doesnβt mean itβs the only way. Perhaps itβs acceptable to offer it to people who sign a waiver, or to those who are also sick with other diseases.
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