The world of medicine, historically, has impacted humanity in ways that may never have before seemed possible. What was once a death sentence, such as the flu or the common cold, has become easily treatable and no longer a threat to one’s life, coming to cause mere discomfort. Diseases such as cancer or even the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have become endurable with therapies and medications capable of prolonging one’s life. While those that are benefiting from such aids are eternally grateful for such availability, there are still a host of individuals opposing it. For a myriad of reasons, antagonistic parties strive to end what can mean salvation for those affected. Such an idea has steadily shifted to the world of fantasy, using more concealing avatars to faintly veil the deeper issue. The genre of zombies has similarly been infected with ongoing argument, the phenomena seeping into the already troubled world of the undead. In such situations where the so-called zombies are able to receive a treatment or cure for their condition, issues of …show more content…
The moral issue of whether or not the zombies should be held accountable for their actions whilst in their rabid state. This complication can be most comparable to the use of temporary insanity as a method of defense in a court of law. Yet when used as a successful and viable method of defense, the theoretical defendant is not granted the right to walk away a free man, instead they are typically ordered to mandatory hospitalization within the confines of a facility specializing in mental health. The absence of any consequences for the suffers of PSD could leave the members of the community with the moral problem of whether or not they were justly allowed to be so quickly integrated back into society. A sense of justice is absent, causing for issues that in any other case would not