Ethics Assignment Essay

After reading Chapters 4 & 5 in the Zimdahl text on Utilitarianism

The DDT Debate:

The debate regarding dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) in malaria prevention and human health is polarized and can be classified into three positions: anti-DDT, centrist-DDT, pro-DDT.

Overall, community health is significantly improved through all available malaria control measures, which include IRS with DDT. Is DDT “good”? Yes, because it has saved many lives. Is DDT safe as used in IRS? Recent publications have increasingly raised concerns about the health implications of DDT. Therefore, an unqualified statement that DDT used in IRS is safe is untenable. Are inhabitants and applicators exposed? Yes, and to high levels.

Should DDT be used? The fact that DDT is “good” because it saves lives, and “not safe” because it has health and environmental consequences, raises ethical issues.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3114806/

¡ SShould DDT be used as the Primary Preventative control against Malaria?

Pro-DDT
Centrist-DDT
Anti-DDT
1-Defend your standpoint (Pro, Centrist or Anti DDT), using ANY chosen ethical theory and support from the articles, links and research.
2. Would you want DDT allowed in the U.S. again as a control against insect-borne diseases? (Like Zika, West Nile, EEE. etc…)