As of now, one of my favorite classes in PA school is Clinical Ethics. Not only is it taught by the man who was my summer camp director when I was 7, the class makes me think long and hard about what I believe. At some point we have to go from having opinions to having positions. Being 24, I would say I'm at the age where I need to start making up my mind about the serious issues in life.
But ethics can be so grey. You believe it is ok to pull the plug on a patient surviving on life support... until it's your 22 y/o brother. Abortion is totally out of the question until it's your wife's life or the baby inside her. Do you marry someone that is safe and similar to you or do you throw normality to the wind and run off with the exotic dream that just offered to be reality?
Ethics is not only about what is right and wrong but how we came to the conclusion. How do I conclude?
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