Film Extreme Measures - Movie Review Example

Taking someone's life into there own hands just to prove a research which benefits only certain type of people and not the whole society is absolutely wrong. Definitely, Luthan does not sympathize with Myrick's viewpoint to support research. He retorts by saying "I don't care if you find a cure for every disease on the planet! You tortured and murdered those men upstairs, and that makes you a disgrace to your profession!". The rule utilitarianism in this movie is that doctors believes that a good doctor is not torturing and murdering people, they took an oath to choose "what's best for their patient and what they didn't choose to be".

(Dr Luthan) Guy Luthan who is a young doctor who tries to investigate a case where one of his patients dies with baffling symptoms. His efforts to investigate were not only a failure but the man's body also mysteriously disappears and his colleagues were unhelpful. He discovers that a number of leading doctors, including the eminent neurosurgeon Dr Myrick, are carrying out unethical experiments on homeless people in an attempt to find a cure for spinal injuries. When Dr Luthan is trying to find out the cause of death of the homeless, there were twist and turns of events In this process Dr Luthan becomes involved with the FBI and with Dr Myrick.

The main aim of Dr Myrick is to find a cure paralysis. For this purpose he does not even feel guilty of murdering a human life of a homeless person just to remove his healthy nerve and grow them in victim's vertebrae.3. Identify the ethical premise of the movie.The ethical premise of the movie "Extreme Measures" is in the scene in emergency room when Dr Luthan was given a choice that goes first on being operated. He chooses the wounded policeman over the more serious druggie. When the body of a man who died in the emergency room disappears, Dr.

Luthun begins to ask questions that nobody wants to hear. Sacrificing a human life to cure certain number or paralyzed person.4. Do the following characters follow act or rule utilitarian principles Give examples from the movie to support your answers.a) Dr Luthan: He follows the Rule Utilitarian principles as he denied the request of Dr Myrick in being part of the Triphase. He believes that "Great doctor have to do the right thing" and killing people to gain something is not the right thing to do. b) Dr Myrick: He follows the Act Utilitarian principles as he is only focusing on the end result which is curing the paralyzed and not thinking the immoral and unethical effect to other human life.

He is behind name and fame because just being recognized on being the first to cure paralysis and getting the credit is his priority and not the consequences behind the cure.5.) What is the ethical problem or ethical dilemma of the film In other words, what is it that the characters are doing that might have some ethical problemsDr Myrick's vision in making a paralyze person is giving him hope, a hope that he would be able to walk again and back to old life. But his ethical dilemma is that his vision of finding cure for paralysis is on the basis of sacrificing other human life.

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