You have the option to select TWO out of the three inquiries below. 1. According

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You have the option to select TWO out of the three inquiries below.

1. According to the Gallup polling organization, in 2001, 45 percent of Americans believed abortion is morally wrong, but by 2009, the percentagehad risen to 56 percent. During the same period, the percentage of people who believe that it is morally acceptable to have a baby outside of marriage rose from 45 to 51 percent. However, the percentage who believe gay and lesbian relationships are morally wrong dropped from 53 to 47 percent1.

Suppose that two of your friends are discussing the meaning of these statistics. One says, "The statistics mean that gay relationships and having children out of the wedlock used to be immoral but now they are moral. On the other hand, abortion used to be moral but now is immoral." The other responds, "That's ridiculous. If an action was wrong a decade ago, it is still wrong today; and if it wasn't wrong then, it isn't wrong now."

Settle your friends' dispute, applying what you learned in this chapter (2).

12. A 16-year old girl visits a birth control clinic and asks to be put on the pill. Because she is a minor, the clinic doctor who writes the prescription for her notifies her parents of the action. Possibly a majority of Americans would approve of the doctor's action. Is the action ethical?

13. In some parts of the country, a majority of the citizens presumably believe that it is morally acceptable to send people to jail for smoking marijuana. Is that view correct?

Explanation / Answer

ans 1...whats whats wrong and whats rright depend on mentallity of the society.earlier things were diffrent,there was lack of education and people are not actually aware of the long impact of the cultural things they are following.for example abortion consider d to be wrong firsr beacause it seems to be unethical to kill a baby but simultaneously people were killing their girl baby because they want boys.abortion is choice of the mother unless until there is risk of death to mother.reasons may be chromosomal abnormalities in the baby,rape,unwanted pregnancy and all these reason are in favoir that abortion should be legalised.coming to gay or lesbian relationship,so law gives equal rights to everybody.they also have their own right and everyone should respect and accept that.if both of the person are willing to have that kind of relationship,they should have.u can take the xample of INDIA,just a week ago they pass a section 377 in which these kind of relationship are legalised.

ans 2...it seems to be unethical because a doctor should never relase the secrets of the patient to any one unless until the patient wwnts.but here the case is of a minor.and according to law it is a necessity to inform parent or guardian so it is not unethical.it is for the good cause of patient so that in future parents can take appropriate measures

ans 13...marijauna is a drug that causes hallucinations.it is an illigal drug by the law.moreover people who smoke marijuana in public is a offensable crime.so yes they should be jailed or atleast fined

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