Human Manners for Robots
Is it proper to tell someone that they are dying of cancer?

Is it proper NOT to tell someone that they are dying of cancer?

Is it proper NOT to tell someone that they are dying of Prostate Cancer when Dendrion is likely to get
approval for their drug next month?

What if the wife of the man has decided not to tell him that he has terminal prostate cancer and we know
that Dendrion has a drug that demonstrated a 40 percent increase in survival compared to placebo in
three-year survival results?

During his potential survival extension, other drugs may emerge.

What if you are only an acquaintance and you have been trusted with the information by a human who
assumes that you won't try to contact the man and tell him?


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