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What is the only moral thing to do? Do you believe we should have the right to die? Finale Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do? A Crime of Compassion Watch Episode 1: The Morality of Murder and Episode 6: Motives and Morality in the Harvard course ‘Justice’ by Professor Michael Sandel. Post your understanding of “What’s the Right Thing to Do?” on the teacher’s SINA Micro-blog’s column “A Crime of Compassion”. Thank You! A Crime of Compassion Barbara Huttmann Plot Prelude Episode 1: CRIME COMPASSION Episode 2: 6 Months Episode 3: Let me go?! Episode 4: The CROSS Finale Prelude The Phil Donahue show A Crime of Compassion Mr. Phil Donahue “Murderer,” a man shouted. “God help patients who get you for a nurse.” “What gives you the right to play God?” another one asked. “play God” refers to someone supposedly taking on the role of God for human purposes to make very important decisions which seriously affect other people’s lives, health, or happiness. e.g. Doctors are forced to play God on a daily basis. Genetic engineers claim that most countries have already put legislation in place that will stop them from playing God. Is murder lawful? Is murder right? Episode ? CRIME COMPASSION A Crime of Compassion Crime is the breaking of rules or laws for which some governing authority, such as legal systems, can ultimately prescribe a conviction. Compassion is the sympathetic consciousness of others’ distress together with a desire to alleviate it. It is regarded as a fundamental part of human love. Episode ? 6 Months A Crime of Compassion 6 months ago … Mac was a young, witty macho cop who walked into the hospital with 32 pounds of attack equipment, looking as if he could single-handedly protect the whole city, if not the entire state. “Can’t get rid of this cough,” he said. Otherwise, he felt great. 6 months later Six months isn’t such a long time in the whole scheme of things, but it was long enough to see him lose his youth, his wit, his macho,