Moral question, I'm interested to see what you have to say.
2006-12-01 16:02:25 · 9 answers · asked by bloodsanctum 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
yes but i believe they should give it for free because if they want humanity on their side then they should give it for free
2006-12-01 16:14:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I remember back in the early 80s when AIDS first became a household word. I remember seeing sick people on TV being interviewed saying things like "we'd give anything for a cure or just a few more days of this precious life" So, the pharmaceutical companies obliged and poured gazillions of dollars into research and development of new medications. Some years later the interviewees were slamming the price of the drugs.
Yes, I believe drug companies should be able to recover their investment. Further, any attempts to limit profit would greatly slow future developments. Everybody wants a cure and a chance to live a long life. Just remember that the life expectancy in 1900 was 47 and now it is over 80. That doesn't come for free and it is an unfortunate reality that new drugs are expensive. I say let the people that need them pay for them. I have to take drugs from now until the day I die and I wish I didn't have to fork out the dough for those little pills but I do it because I have to and I dont expect anyone else to be responsible for me. I'm damn glad that we have a system that allows safe drugs to be developed so that I can live an otherwise normal life.
2006-12-01 16:21:56 · answer #2 · answered by MrWiz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they should not be able to charge whatever they want for it.
Medicines should be for global humanitarian benefit, medicines should be readily available for everyone. But drug companies make it virtually impossible for the economically disadvantaged, the poverty stricken, and the uninsured to benefit from life saving drugs, all for the almighty buck.
Greed has been destroying humanity for thousands of years.
If a cure for AIDS should be found, may it be in this lifetime, the global community should demand it's availability.
It is a scourge as deadly as any past mass fatal disease, and therefore should be available to the masses.
It seems as if medicine is not really a business of humanity but of dollar power, formulated for the elite, those who are able to afford the price.
That is morally repugnant.
It should be to everyone.
2006-12-01 18:27:23 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO, this would undermine the principles of capitalism.
Right now people are more likely to do AIDS research because they anticipate profit, but if you would take that incentive away, why would there be ANY research into AIDS? Companies like Merck and GlaxoSmithKline would drop their AIDS research.
Thus it is moral to charge people for aids cure, because allowing such charging increases DRAMATICALLY the likelihood of the cure being found at all.
That being said: If the cure is found, i believe it the GOVERNMENT'S duty to ensure universal supply.
2006-12-01 17:19:00 · answer #4 · answered by hq3 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and others can choose to pay it, not pay it, or steal it. Regarding the morality of intellectual property, if you wish to steal the work of my brain; then I will simply quit. You will still have AIDS; and I will still be smarter than you.
Put another way, Is your theft of my cure justified because you think that you are serving a higher good? Is evil in the pursuit of good a good? How do you know that your evil is not the greater one by interfering with nature's plan? I could go on, but this is so elemental, and I am so tired. You guys really need to do some serious reading.
2006-12-01 16:16:15 · answer #5 · answered by eagleperch 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The answer to your question is YES ! If it were free, everyone would go out and get AIDS , knowing that they could get cured if he or she did. Free things undermine personal responsibility and accountability !!! The same can be said for the inventors of insulin for diabetics ... you have to pay for it with $ ... it isn't free !!!
2006-12-01 16:17:27 · answer #6 · answered by guraqt2me 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
AIDs kills many people every year. If that person is selfish enough to consider charging for it, I doubt he would be stupid enough to act on his greed because then the entire world would hate him for his lust of money.
2006-12-01 16:40:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no they do not have that right, no one's life is higher then any one elses where they can take away the cure to something like AIDs to any one who can't afford it.
and if anyone else answers, please go forward and answer my question about Immanual Kant, thank you
oh and i'm sorry to the person aking about advertising here
2006-12-01 16:22:44 · answer #8 · answered by ParadoxZero 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a capitalist notion.
No, the public domain should grab it and run.
2006-12-01 17:46:33 · answer #9 · answered by Zeera 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋