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[tinyjo]

OK, just for fun, here is the essay question I will be answering this afternoon:

‘It is wrong to tell lies, so patients should always be told the truth about their condition.’ Is this a good argument?

I've turned off emailing comments on this and I promise not to look until I've written the essay (1000 words, in case you're interested). What do you think?

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[tinyjo.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't have the training to make the philosophy of language argument properly but I made a really basic dictionary definition stab at it because it was the first thing that leapt out at me too. Given that the course is called Ethics in Real Life though, I decided it was best not to skip over the ethical question entirely :) It just comes out as a bad argument either way, which is good - I think if the two had contradicted, I would have had to do some research on philosophy of language that I really don't have time for, given the submission date is today!