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Ethics Professors: Right To Die, Ebola Quarantines, And Same-Sex Marriage

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A terminally-ill woman in Oregon chose to end her life last week, should she be allowed to make this choice? A nurse in Maine aggressively fought that state's strict Ebola quarantine, does the greater good trump individual rights? Courts throughout the country are grappling with same-sex marriage bans, are people entitled to marry?

On this edition of Up to Date, guest-host Jeremy Bernfeld and the Ethics Professors sift through these moral dilemmas and the questions they raise. 

Guests:

  • Wayne Vaught is the dean of the University of Missouri - Kansas City's College of Arts and Sciences, as well as a professor of Philosophy, Medicine and Biotehics.
  • Clancy Martin is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Missouri - Kansas City.
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