Originally Posted by
carmicaeld
It would not be meaningless, it would mean that one had made a lapse in judgement.
It's meaningless because one made a lapse in judgment by presuming to make an informed choice when a choice shouldn't have been made based on speculation.
what "false premises" do you speak of?
I mentioned them in my post.
Magna Carta of patient's rights are not constitutional rights.
In option 1, i purposely said "risking escape from judgement" which puts responsibilty for her possible escape on the person making the choice rather than the authorities.
That makes option 1 as invalid as option 2.
how about i put a higher clause of responsibilty on option 1: "with the loss of justice on our hands."? how is that for fairness? let us agree that:
there is no assumption of innocence or guilt. or of sickness. or of health. the question here is "what is morally safer?". [1]let her get treatment she desires: would you risk her escaping, running away from her
crimes which she may have or may have not committed? [2]let her face trial first: would you risk causing her death because of your refusal to let her seek this "treatment" of a
condition which she may or may not have?
please note both options have heavy moral responsibilities that come with them. it is perception of this "heaviness" that differs.
There's nothing more that can be added to this discussion. If you want to ask a survey type question then you should avoid leading questions. I just wanted to give my reason why I can't answer your question. If others disagree they can always go ahead and answer. But maybe nobody has answered because they also don't get the point of making speculative value judgments. Just my 2c...
How can you avoid leading questions? - PsychWiki - A Collaborative Psychology Wiki
"A person can avoid leading questions by remaining neutral in their questions and asking questions in manner that
does not imply, contain, or suggest a particular response. In other words, a person should ask questions in a manner that
does not involve their opinion or expected response. The question should allow for a variety of answers
with no one answer being implied as superior to the other."