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The hospital auditor argues that the clinic is not using all of the donated funds to minimize patientsβ suffering, contrary to the terms of the donation. Why not? The clinic is using a portion of the money to research new diagnostic technology. The auditor presumably believes that this does not help to minimize suffering.
The clinic administrator leads us to the implied conclusion that these research funds are helping to minimize suffering. How so? Because new technologies will allow early diagnosis of some disorders, and patients who are treated early usually suffer much less than patients who are treated later.
Weβre looking for a disagreement between the speakers. They disagree about whether the clinicβs use of donated funds is meeting the requirement to minimize suffering.
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whether early treatment ββ ββββ ββββββββββββ βββββββββ βββββββ βββ βββββββββ ββββββββββ ββββ βββββ βββββββββ ββββββ ββββ ββββββββββ βββββββββββ ββββ βββββββββ
whether the patients βββββ βββββββ ββ βββ ββββββββββββ ββββββ βββ βββββββββ βββββββββ ββββββββ βββββββββ βββ βββ ββββββββββββ βββββββββ ββββ βββββ ββββ ββββββ
whether the RodrΓguez ββββββ βββββββ ββββββββββ ββββ βββ βββββ ββββ βββββββ ββ βββ ββββββββββββ ββββββ ββ ββββ ββ ββββββββ βββββββββ βββββββββ
whether the neurological ββββββ ββ ββββββββ ββββββββ ββ βββ ββββββββββ βββ ββββββββββ ββββββ ββββββ ββ βββ ββββββββββ ββ βββ βββββ ββββ βββββββ ββ βββ ββββββ
whether the RodrΓguez ββββββ βββββββββββ ββββ ββββ ββ βββ βββββ ββββ βββββββ ββ βββ ββββββββββββ ββββββ βββββ ββ ββββ ββ βββ βββ ββββββββ ββββ βββ ββββββββββ ββββββββββββ