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Essay on Compound Pharmacies Manufacturing Lethal Injections

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An ethical issue is an issue in which there is no clear right or wrong decision, these types of decisions are constantly faced in professional workplace. Here one must weight both the benefits and the consequences of taking the action. These could range from breaking confidentiality to the morality of the death penalty. In September of 2012, a New England compound pharmacy was linked to a fungal meningitis outbreak. It was here where methylprednisolone acetate injections (used to treat arthritis and joint pain) were manufactured and tainted. This injection was distributed throughout the country, given to many people, who then became ill. After this compound pharmacy was raided, it was found to have used unsanitary equipment and it failed …show more content…

The person who was to be executed could then be living with a life long impairment. Then the state would most likely not try to execute the man again, leaving him to suffer for the rest of his life. I personally believe that Natural Rights do not cover the killing of someone unless it’s justified. These would include self-defense, proper execution of a proven guilty individual, among other reasons. The Natural Rights Theory would suggest that this person this person has the right to not suffer when being executed. Even though the likelihood of this person suffering is low, the chance is still there. Even if one person out of a million suffers even if just temporary, then the Natural Rights Theory says this is not acceptable. This would have to be something that Governor Nixon would have to consider. Would he want to be held responsible to allowing a drug with an unknown background that isn’t FDA regulated into his state? This would surely be a decision that would take deep thought. Even though this is an issue that seems to have no clear-cut answers, I personally believe that Governor Nixon should error on the side of caution on this case. Granting the say of execution seems to be the best possible option here until other options could be explored more. A more viable option would be to create a

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