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The Ethicist: Taking Federal Aid

NPR | By Randy Cohen
Published February 6, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

A mother of an autistic child wonders whether or not she should accept special government services when she has the financial means to provide them herself. Host Jennifer Ludden and New York Times Magazine ethicist Randy Cohen discuss her dilemma.

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Randy Cohen
Randy Cohen was born in Charleston, S.C., and raised in Reading, Pa. He attended graduate school at the California Institute of the Arts as a music major studying composition.