What do you think about this issue and what is your argument for your position on this?

Term Paper – Applied Ethics

Read the article, “Meet the Teens Who Want to Get Vaccinated Against Their Parent’s Wishes”. The Link: https://reason.com/2019/05/19/meet-the-teens-who-want-to-get-vaccinated-against-their-parents-wishes/

This assignment is to write a paper in which you apply Kant’s ethics to the moral issue discussed in this article. The paper should be written in your own words and structured in accord with the outline given below. This outline addresses two questions concerning the morality of childhood vaccinations. Your paper should address these two questions applying the two parts of Kant’s ethical theory as follows:

1. Thesis statement.

2. Give the argument for and a clear statement of Kant’s Categorical Imperative. Apply the Categorical Imperative to the ethical question of childhood vaccinations in general. The questions is: In light of the established scientific medical evidence concerning childhood vaccinations, is it ethical to vaccinate children?

3. Kant’s Principle of Humanity includes an argument for human autonomy. What is this argument for human autonomy and what does it tell us about how humans should be treated? Apply this to the ethical question of vaccinating adolescent children who want to get vaccinated against their parent’s wishes. The question is: Should parents, who are against childhood vaccinations, allow their adolescent child to get vaccinated if the adolescent child disagrees with them and wants to get vaccinated?

4. What would be the counter arguments to the conclusion reached in #2 above? Also, what would be the counter arguments of anti-vaxxer parents to their child who wants to get vaccinated. What arguments could be given in response to these counter arguments?

5. What do you think about this issue and what is your argument for your position on this?

The paper should be about 750 words

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