Defunding the police • Critical race theory • Gender dysphoria treatment • Mandatory vaccination

Posted: March 10th, 2023

Choose one of the following topics for your project:

• Defunding the police • Critical race theory • Gender dysphoria treatment • Mandatory vaccination • Healthcare equity • Pandemic planning and response • Nursing homes – Inadequate staffing and mandatory

overtime • Expanding the Nurse Licensure Compact • Holistic medicine • Telehealth

For the assignment this week, address the following:

• State the topic chosen from the list. • State the specific issue you will explore. • This must be stated either as a question (“Should

prostitution be legalized?”) or a whether-or-not statement (“Whether prostitution should be legalized”).

• For the stated issue, state three (3) aspects of the issue that you think you will likely develop in your paper. Briefly state why you have chosen each aspect.

• You are not confined to three aspects only, but you must develop at least three. As you develop your paper, you may find other aspects that you deem more relevant, and may add or substitute those.

• Example: For the topic of prostitution, you might examine the aspect of personal autonomy, public health aspects, and law enforcement aspects, at a minimum.

• Example: For the topic of free healthcare for undocumented persons, you might address economic aspects, ethical aspects, and public health aspects, at a minimum.

SOLUTION

The moral and ethical implications of healthcare as a right: The first aspect to explore would be the moral and ethical arguments surrounding healthcare as a basic human right. This would involve examining the idea of a social contract between citizens and the government, and whether access to healthcare is a fundamental aspect of this contract. Additionally, it would involve analyzing the moral implications of denying healthcare to those who cannot afford it, and whether this constitutes a violation of basic human rights