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Appel argued that death row inmates should be allowed to be candidates for kidney transplants because of which of the following?
 
  a) If a death row inmate were wrongly convicted, denying him a transplant would result in the irreversible suffering of an innocent person.
  b) It would be wrong for a medical decision to lower a death row inmate's quality of life while he is waiting for execution.
  c) A death row inmate's life expectancy should not be considered relevant to a transplant decision.
  d) all of these choices

Question 2

Which principle allows the unequal allocation of resources provided that it benefits the least advantaged members of society?
 
  a) The macroallocation principle
  b) The principle of double effect
  c) The difference principle
  d) The equity principle



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Answer to Question 1

d) all of these choices

Answer to Question 2

c) The difference principles.





 

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