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THERE have been no easy answers to the controversy around the leakage of questions in
the recent nursing licensing examinations. Wouldnt a retake be better for all of the batch
2006 examinees, to remove the cloud of doubt around their competence? But wouldnt a
retake mean more expenses, some families selling, literally, the last carabao? And after alls
said and done, who should be punished for the leakage?
My sense is that were having difficulties with these ethical issues because "ethics" is
complicated. Moreover, ethics hasnt quite made it into our consciousness, at least not in a
formal sense. Like when I tell people I dont eat meat as an "ethical" choice, I get confused
looks. People think it has to be reasons of "health" or "religion" rather than,
quite simply, "doing something thats the right thing to do."
Slowly though, were bound to see more discussions of ethics. At the University of the
Philippines, the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy has a joint bioethics program
with the College of Medicine, with the bulk of students coming from the medical
profession. These health professionals train in bioethics so they can help their institutions
to confront ethical questions around medical research and clinical care. The bioethical
issues can be quite complicated, spanning an entire lifetime from the "beginning" (is a
fertilized ovum a human being?) to the "end" (when is a person dead?).
Bawal
Ive been handling one of the courses -- Culture and Ethics -- in the bioethics program and
while the bulk of the class discussions deals with medical issues, we inevitably go into
