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The two essays I read were “On Aids and Moral Duty” by Willard Gaylin and “Discrimination Goes On” by Robert H. Cohen. “On Aids and Moral Duty” says that HIV positive individuals have a moral responsibility to let others know they are HIV positive to protect innocent people from unknowingly contracting the virus. “Discrimination Goes On” states that the discrimination of people infected with HIV is very real and it would be ignorant to force …

…On Aids and Moral Duty” and “Discrimination Goes On” are two very different stories. They differ in the way they present the stories and on the sides they take on the topic of whether or not HIV-positive individuals have a right to identify themselves. This highly debated topic was the only similarity between the stories that was noticeable but proved that while discussing the same topic you can present your side in many different ways.