Umeria wrote:Separatist Peoples wrote:"Treated how with regards to their freedom and dignity?"
Fairly. Added the adverb.Separatist Peoples wrote:
The ethics board has authority. It says they have to ensure the infected persons are treated fairly and given items of necessity. How does that not cover those issues?
"Good lord, Lockwood, ethics aren't just about fairness alone! If that was the case, we would just need a team versed in chancery and equity. Ethics is about the application of moral principals. It is so much more than mere equity, it deals with fundamental rights and wrongs and weighs them against the circumstances. You've empowered the board with logistical responsibilities. I suggested you grant the board full authority to review all actions undertaken to establish and promulgate a quarantine. That means they have absolute authority to call into question any part or even all of the measures, and their yardstick is one of moral principal. Not. Bean-counting. The way you have this written, they sound like damn quartermasters.
"On second thought, ambassador Lockwood, I believe you should use my phrasing verbatim. I don't know how you can't see the difference in scope between your clause and mine...medical ethics goes beyond just supplying the necessities..."