For this week’s assignment respond to one of the following options, and include Option 1, 2, or 3 as part of your heading.

Option 1: The first option is to name and describe in detail a key specific and recent healthcare technology. What are at least two key moral problems this technology creates? What are the proper moral guidelines for dealing with it in your view? Compare your approach to what an utilitarian and ethical egoist would say (each independently).

Option 2: In the second option, name and describe in detail a key specific and recent social technology. What are at least two key moral problems this technology creates? What are the proper moral guidelines for dealing with it in your view? Compare your moral approach to what an utilitarian and social contract ethicist would say (each independently).

Option 3: John Doe, Patient One, is in late stage of kidney disease. If he does not receive a new kidney, then he is predicted to die within a week. Doe is 45, single, and has no children. Doctors theorize that Doe damaged his kidney by not following a low-salt diet. Doe inherited one million dollars and is known for giving money to charity. Without a transplant, he will probably be forced to spend all his money searching for a kidney outside of the usual legal channels. Patient Two is Jane Doe (no relation to John). Patient Two is a mother of two children (ages 21 and 24). She is divorced and 55 years old. She developed kidney problems due to eating a high-fat and high-sugar diet. If she does not receive a kidney within one month, doctors believe she will die. Patient Three is an orphan. This orphan lives in a state facility. She was born with a genetic condition that constantly damages her kidney. The only known approach to her condition is to provide her with a kidney transplant every so often. She is 11 and has already undergone two kidney transplants. She will perish in two months if she does not receive another transplant.
All three patients are at the same hospital. The hospital only has one kidney to give out. The orphan’s birth parents were known to be of a religion that is opposed to organ donation. The other patients come from religions that do not oppose organ donation. Who should get the kidney? Why should that candidate receive it over the others? Devise a course of social action and a solution for this case by using the ethics of egoism and then utilitarianism to a key moral conflict involving health care in this case. Appraise the interests of diverse populations (in terms of ethnicity,
race, religion, sexual orientation, etc.) and how they relate to the case.

For all the options:
Cite the textbook and incorporate outside sources, including citations.
You should not be using any text you used in a discussion board or assignment for this class or any previous class.

You will submit all of the following:
1.
A written report that presents one of the options above (Be sure to give equal time to each element.)

2.
An oral presentation that summarizes the report and examines the ethical ideas beyond the particulars of each case.

3.
The link or a scan of the article mentioning the health technology, social technology, or case you are reporting on. If you made up the case, please indicate that in your report.
You should not be using any text you used in a discussion board or assignment for this class or any previous class.

Cite the textbook and incorporate outside sources, including citations.
Writing Requirements (APA format)

Length: 3-4 pages (not including title page or references page) 1-inch margins
Double spaced
12-point Times New Roman font
Title page
References page (minimum of 2 scholarly sources)
Presentation Requirements
Length: 2-3 minutes

Please prepare a formal analytical essay, discussing what you believe to be the
theme of the Kate Chopin short story The Story of an Hour. Please be sure to
make use of methods of literary analysis and some particular theoretical approach
to prove your argument regarding the storys theme. In other words, consider what
you think the story means, by analyzing Narrative Voice (and/or layers of
narrative), Plot, Setting, Character, Image, Diction, and/or Tone/Mood, but
also in reference to one key question, such as
How does the text represent economic class, ownership, money, or work as a
factor in its theme? Why is this issue important to the storys theme?
How does the text represent gender, gender-specific jobs, or gender identity
as a factor in its theme? Why is this issue important to the storys theme?
How does the text represent disability, or issues of physical health, as a
factor in its theme? Why is this issue important to the storys theme?
How does the text represent psychological motivators, or emotional states,
as a factor in its theme? Why is this issue important to the storys theme?
How does the text represent a particular historical or social situation as a
factor in its theme? Why is this issue important to the storys theme?
How does the text represent the availability and reliance (or suspicion of)
information as a factor in its theme? Why is this issue important to the
storys theme?
Your introductory paragraph should feature your main idea and mention the
pertinent author and text, and this idea should be developed in the succeeding body
paragraphs through the analysis of examples drawn from the pertinent text.
Whatever examples you use, be sure to relate clearly and thoroughly HOW
your analysis develops an understanding of the material. The focus of your
argument should be clear and organized, but your treatment of the text is only
limited by your own intelligence and ingenuity. Get creative! Go wild! The
concluding paragraph should summarize key points and remind us about what we
have learned.