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Section 2: Section Diagnostic

Write a well-developed response to the following questions:

  1. What is a key ethical issue or question surrounding the mandating of vaccinations to prevent widespread infectious diseases?

  2. What ethical approaches should we apply to this issue?

  3. What solutions or consequences might the approaches lead to?

In your response, be sure to do the following:

  • Identify and explain a key ethical issue surrounding the mandating of vaccinations.

  • Summarize what you have learned about ethics, public health, and the various perspectives on the issue.

  • Present and support an evidence-based claim about how an ethical approach to decision making might be applied to the issue.

  • Propose a response and solution to the issue based on the ethical approach you have identified.

  • Cite evidence from at least two sources that explains and substantiates your perspective and claim.