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Originally Posted by cookmo
I think I'm bieng misundestood about what I meant when I titled the post dilemma. Obviously ,I think the woman in the class should practice some utilitarianism and do the right thing regardless, but what I meant by dilemma is about what society should do to prevent this from happening. I think that this is a common occurence, and I believe that there is a psychological term for it (I'll try to find it). I was curious as to what others thaught, i.e. the rights of people with AIDS. And I am in no way saying that everyone with AIDS does this, or are bad, or should be treated in a less than dignified manner, but it only takes a few......
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"what society should do to prevent this from happening"
???
You mean, how do you stop some sick, twisted piece of dirt from deliberately infecting others?
There are laws against it. If you go out to infect someone you can be charged with assault and with manslaughter. You can be sued. There are deep rooted societal morals that act against it. But at the end of the day, there will always be sick freaks who want to hurt other people, no matter what laws on are on the books.