A moral dilemma - or not?

[August]

Originally Posted by Skybird

The tricky part lies in the precedence. It could become the excuse to commit another crime for the sake of by that achieving a higher good, or helping others. I think this is where most people hit the moral wall. Some break through, some not.

I think the doctor sums it up nicely:

For Dr Mackinnon, it remains an vital tool - even if its past can never be forgotten."I would think that as an ethical surgeon I would take it as a given that I should use whatever educational resource I thought would help me to maximize a successful outcome," she says, "and that my patient would expect that of me.