From Guantanamo, a Bioethics Furor

The world of bioethics is aglow with righteous outrage that military doctors are ordered to help force-feed Guantanamo inmates who are on hunger strikes. I have written before that doing so is right and proper. These inmates do not have autonomy to the same extent as those not detained, and moreover, the force-feeding is done to maintain their health and welfare. It is not intended to inflict pain or coerce information from them -- a different issue entirely.

Now, three bioethicists, writing...