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Ethical Dilemma: AECL's choice when receiving problems with Therac-25.…
Ethical Dilemma: AECL's choice when receiving problems with Therac-25. The company can choose to discontinue use of all Therac-25 machines and investigate the cause of the accident. Or the company can choose to continue to allow therAC-25 machines to work.
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Pros
Patients will not be placed in harm's way and will be able to have the opportunity to explore other options for treatment if this machine is stopped.
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Stopping the machine could ultimately save people's lives as a result, if the machine is not working.
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Cons
If this machine is stopped, the patients will lose another opportunity to receive treatment and have to wait for another medical break through to occur.
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Decision
The decision is to stop all the machines. First, stop all machines immediately is respect for lives. This will minimize the number of victims. And prevent the emergence of new victims. Second, public narrative can be well controlled. There will be more and more negative news if the machine continues to work. Based on the above two points, stopping the machine is the best choice.