Priceless Ethics: The Moral Prescription for Cancer Cure Costs

To consider the differences between ethical frameworks, the use of case studies and ethical dilemmas is necessary. For example, a virtue ethicist and a utilitarian thinker would have different reactions to the following moral dilemma: a pharmaceutical company develops a drug that cures cancer. Seeing the potential for immense profit, they consider whether to make it expensive and profitable, or cheap and accessible. The virtue ethicist would analyze the question by questioning which route is more virtuous, and the utilitarian would question which action creates the greatest good for the…