Jeffrey Kaplan | McFall v Shimp - Landmark Court Case - Should the government force someone to donate bone marrow? @profjeffreykaplan | Uploaded July 2020 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
This is a lecture video about the 1978 Pennsylvania court case about whether Shimp can be forced by the court to donate bone marrow to his cousin, McFall, who needs the bone marrow to live. The court rules, on moral grounds, that even though Shimp has a moral duty to donate his bone marrow, it would be wrong of the government to force him to do so. As a result of this ruling, McFall died only a few weeks after this ruling. This lecture is part of a Philosophy of Law course. In this lecture, I discuss whether this case involves a conflict between law and morality, and what it reveals about Legal Postivism.
This is a lecture video about the 1978 Pennsylvania court case about whether Shimp can be forced by the court to donate bone marrow to his cousin, McFall, who needs the bone marrow to live. The court rules, on moral grounds, that even though Shimp has a moral duty to donate his bone marrow, it would be wrong of the government to force him to do so. As a result of this ruling, McFall died only a few weeks after this ruling. This lecture is part of a Philosophy of Law course. In this lecture, I discuss whether this case involves a conflict between law and morality, and what it reveals about Legal Postivism.
