A) An airline pilot goes to his regular medical checkup. The doctor discovers th

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A) An airline pilot goes to his regular medical checkup. The doctor discovers that he hasdeveloped a heart murmur. The pilot only has a month to go before he is eligible forretirement. The doctor knows this and wonders whether, under these unusualcircumstances, she is justified in withholding the information about the pilot's conditionuntil he can retire. If doctor releases the information now, he wouldn't get any retirementbenefits. What should the doctor do?

B) When Sally's father was gravely ill, he called her to his bedside and said, "I'd always hoped to see you graduate from college and go on to become a physicist, but I know death is near. Promise me one thing--that you'll keep on studying hard and become a physicist." Sally was deeply moved. "I will," she responded; "I swear to you I will." Her father died shortly thereafter. Now it is two years later, and sally is ready to graduate from college. But she will not become a physicist. She has decided to go to law school.

C) A man and woman, both college students, have been living together off campus for three years. They have never considered marrying, and it has always been implicit in their relationship that each should be free to leave the other any time he or she wishes. Unexpectedly, the woman becomes pregnant. Since she is opposed to abortion, she resigns herself to having the child. When she is seven months pregnant, the man decides to leave her. One day when she is out shopping for groceries, he gathers his belongings, scribbles a hasty note (“Our relationship was beautiful while it lasted, but it’s over”), and leaves.

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1. This is a very critical condition but the doctor should strictly follow her working guidelines. She cannot perform this practice as it is unethical and shows that she is not at all serious towards her job. Her job is to report the exact condition of the pilot so that the higher authorities can decide whether he is fit for flying or not. If the doctor do not report the exact condition of the pilot and something happens up in the air, many more lives will also go in danger along with the pilot. She should obey her aviation code of conduct. Violating this on grounds of benefiting the pilot is a wrong practice. The doctor should not provide the pilot a fitness certificate. The pilot has worked really hard all his life but providing him with undue benefits is morally incorrect.

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