Here is talk about this new Polypill which helps with Heart disease and strokes in the over 55′s. Read here.
The part I found interesting is the statements ‘experts still question the ethics of a pill for lifestyle issues’ and ‘Critics say the problems of high blood pressure and cholesterol should be tackled with diet and exercise rather than by popping a pill.’ Why? What difference should it make to anyone what method another person chooses to manage their lives?
We already do this sort of thing every day. None of us hunts or grows food any more. We buy it in in easy convienient packages and because of things like this our lifsestyles are different already.
Ethics is starting to get abused the same as many other words in our language like liberal and democratic. I’m sure you can think of a few more.
To me ethics should only get involved if you are impacting any other person on the planet. Other than that it should not be on the discussion table.
Where were ethics when we invaded Iraq, when we chose to not to allow people to top up treatments on the NHS? Not even mentioned. I’m sure a few doctors talked about it but were ignore by those ‘NICE’ people looking after our governments account balances. Well the accounts that are spent on the plebs anyway.
I would imagine from this that ethics will soon be another key buzzword used by the Green crowd in their attempt to make a world that conforms to their views and by our politicians as another way to screw us. It will never be applied to their dealings. They will ensure that ethics will follow morals into oblivion and only used by the dark side.
I don’t see on what grounds that is unethical.
Well I don’t either but the way it is worded makes me think they are saying it is unethical because these people should be controlling this with diet and excercise instead of pills.
I agree people should but that doesn’t make it unethical.
You are preaching to the choir here.