How Did Charlie Gordon's Doctors Act Ethically

424 Words1 Page

Charlie Gordons doctors did act ethically when they performed the surgery to make him smarter. This is because when they did the first Rorschach test they told Charlie to look into the ink blot and tell them what he sees. Charlie knew that the intelligence might not be permanent and he was ok with that. The doctors also said that they didn’t know what else might happen to Charlie. Charlie was still ok with it. Some people might say that the doctors didn’t act ethically with Charlies surgery. That might be true in some cases but in this case it is not. Charlies doctors acted ethically when they said they would use Charlie as a test. Charlie probably didn’t know what it meant to be used as a test subject but he was fine with it. Charlies doctors

Open Document