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Charlie Gordon Argument
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Charlie Gordon was a determined man. He wanted to learn as much as he could but he was unable to because he was mentally retarded. Meanwhile, his doctors were testing an operation which they wanted to perform on Charlie to make him more intelligent however, he would eventually lose his intelligence and knowledge leading to his death. He would be unable to connect with other people because he would be too smart. Despite these affects, people still believe that the operation preformed on Charlie was ethical. Charlie Gordon's doctors didn't act ethically when they preformed the surgery on Charlie Gordon to make him smarter.
Charlie Gordon's doctors didn't act ethically when they preformed the surgery on him to make him smarter.
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