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1. Post a response of at least 100 words to the ethical dilemma listed below. Make sure you support your response with evidence from the text (or another source). After your initial post, reply to the posts of at least two classmates.

The Checkup

An airline pilot goes to his regular medical checkup. The doctor discovers that he has developed a heart murmur. The pilot only has a month to go before he is eligible for retirement. The doctor knows this and wonders whether, under these unusual circumstances, she is justified in withholding the information about the pilot’s condition until he can retire. If doctor releases the information now, he wouldn’t get any retirement benefits. What should the doctor do?