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Assignment 1 Discussion Questions Chapter 1 2 Discuss the difference between the term legal and moral In general laws are rules or actions prescribed by a government that have a legal force and morality is defined as the quality of being virtuous or practicing the right conduct In other words it means that moral serves as the obligation to do what the conscience of a person tells him or her what is right while it is not the case for the legality Based on the definitions there are several ways to differentiate legal and moral term First when it comes to the object law provides submission of individual to the will of society while morality subjects individual to the dictates of his or her own conscience Second in terms of the means law governs people through external coercion or legal force but moral gives people a free self determination towards the good Another difference is legal rules imposed by authorized power are created to regulate people s conducts and to maintain the safety to entire society In contrast moral functions in different way by punishment by society to seek for perfectionism or idealism in everyone Finally law extends only to a great number of acts while morality can apply for every human act in many situations 4 Determine ten questions of Point to Ponder are legal or ethical issues or both 1 Should an alcoholic patient who may die of liver disease be eligible for an organ transplant Ethical issue 2 Should a suicidal patient be allowed to refuse a feeding tube Legal issue 3 Should prisoners be eligible to receive expensive medical therapies for illnesses Ethical issue 4 Is assisting with suicide ever ethically justified Both
