Sociopath........? Or what behavior could you call this druggist?

Question

Heinz's wife is dying from a rare form of cancer. There is only one drug that can save her, a radium compound that a druggist in Heinz's town has discovered. The ingredients to make this drug are costly, and the druggist is charging 10 times what it costs him to make this drug. He pays $200 for the radium, and charges his customers $2,000 for a small dose. Heinz tries to borrow the money, and can come up with only $1,000. Heinz explains to the druggist that his wife will die without the drug, and asks him to sell the drug at a cheaper price, or to take payment later. The druggist replies, "No, I discovered this drug and I am going to make money from it." Heinz becomes desperate. He breaks into the drugstore and steals the drug for his wife. Should Heinz have done that ?.......This is taken from the book "The Sociopath Next Door" by Martha Stout, PhD. What do you think you would have done if you had been Heinz? When you answer, give your reasoning, please.

Answer 1

The major Pharmacutical Companies behave so much like the druggist in the United States. They don't want US citizens getting medications from Canada. Than they bribe congress to make it illegal.

If Heinz is a sociopath so's the druggist.

Answer 2

As a Christian, I know that stealing is wrong. On the other hand, I can't help but feel that allowing someone to die when there are means of saving their life, is the worse sin. And, certainly, allowing someone to die because of greed for money is the worst sin of all.

The druggist should be arrested instead, for criminally negligent homicide/manslaughter, if the woman had died, or attempted murder if she hadn't. If I was a judge, I would give the druggist the choice of going away for depraved indifference to human life, or dropping all charges against the husband. His choice.

Answer 3

Stealing is wrong, there is no excuse, no good enough reason to steal something.
The druggist however, was morally wrong in refusing to work a deal with Heinz for his poor wife.
Frankly, when his wife dies, Heinz will likely end up taking the druggist to court for negligence in failing to provide available treatment for his wife, and with a jury, he will likely win. Sadly, the wife will not benefit, but hopefully others needing the same drug will.

Answer 4

i probably would have done the same thing since i love my wife more than anything in the world and would gladly sacrifice my life for her.

Answer 5

I would talk to my Doctor to see what could be done about tis outrageous price.Maybe talk to a lawyer too.