Ethics
Ethics Week 1 Assignment
Choice 2
A married couple, both addicted to drugs, is unable to care for their infant daughter. She is taken from them by court order and placed in a foster home. The years pass. She comes to regard her foster parents as her real parents. They love her as they would their own daughter. When the child is 9 yrs. old, the natural parents, rehabilitated from drugs, begin court action to regain custody. The case is decided in their favor. The child is returned to them, against her will. Does ethic support the law in this case? Discuss 1. In this case I might have to say that the Three Primary Schools of Ethics can be applied. But since I have to choose only two I would have to go with Deontological theories which are rules-based and also Consequentialist theories which are ends-based. These are the two of the Three Primary Schools of Ethics that best suits the dilemma. For Consequentialist I might say that is straight forward. The natural parents of the child are facing their consequences based on their actions. They committed mistakes in which they regret but they feel that they want another opportunity with their daughter. Unfortunately for the foster parents, not only have they gained the love of the child but also the responsibility of being a parent. It is not right for them to lose the adopted daughter in which they raised and that is what makes a father or mother, not only because you had them. Nobody is perfect we all make mistakes and learning from our mistakes is when we deserve a second chance, but we first need to accept our errors in which the natural parent accepted and want a second chance with their daughter. As for Deontological it is obvious that the natural parents know that the actions they committed were definitely wrong. So I would let the foster parents take complete control of the 9 year old child. It is not 100% that they would not go back on using drugs. So with a small percentage out there it is more than enough
Choice 2
A married couple, both addicted to drugs, is unable to care for their infant daughter. She is taken from them by court order and placed in a foster home. The years pass. She comes to regard her foster parents as her real parents. They love her as they would their own daughter. When the child is 9 yrs. old, the natural parents, rehabilitated from drugs, begin court action to regain custody. The case is decided in their favor. The child is returned to them, against her will. Does ethic support the law in this case? Discuss 1. In this case I might have to say that the Three Primary Schools of Ethics can be applied. But since I have to choose only two I would have to go with Deontological theories which are rules-based and also Consequentialist theories which are ends-based. These are the two of the Three Primary Schools of Ethics that best suits the dilemma. For Consequentialist I might say that is straight forward. The natural parents of the child are facing their consequences based on their actions. They committed mistakes in which they regret but they feel that they want another opportunity with their daughter. Unfortunately for the foster parents, not only have they gained the love of the child but also the responsibility of being a parent. It is not right for them to lose the adopted daughter in which they raised and that is what makes a father or mother, not only because you had them. Nobody is perfect we all make mistakes and learning from our mistakes is when we deserve a second chance, but we first need to accept our errors in which the natural parent accepted and want a second chance with their daughter. As for Deontological it is obvious that the natural parents know that the actions they committed were definitely wrong. So I would let the foster parents take complete control of the 9 year old child. It is not 100% that they would not go back on using drugs. So with a small percentage out there it is more than enough