Gert's Moral Evaluation Process

The proposed surgery violates in Gert's moral evaluation process the moral rule of do not deceive. It breaks the rule because the surgery changes the man's face in a way that shows that he is not sick. Some may say this is a great thing, but when it comes to the man being HIV positive this can be a tragic thing. The man himself could then go and spread the infection around and no one would know it. The surgery deceives people in thinking that there is nothing wrong with this man. If we were to go through Gert's Morally Relevant Process, the rule of do not deceive is in fact broken. Then we look at the fact harm has been created with breaking this rule,and there are no relevant beliefs or desires. There are no special relationships with
I feel this way because these principles are in my opinion easier for anyone to understand and follow. The principles of do not harm, equality, and fairness are straight forward and simple enough to understand. I also feel as though these principles are more applicable to some issues in today's society such as the use of online medical records and their confidentiality. I also feel like these principles also look more at the individual person them self then society as a whole. A good amount of medical issues today have to deal with an individual meaning a patient rather then a group of people. I rejected the system of Utilitarianism for the fact I feel as though the three central claims that this system is based on does not fit with today's ethical issues. The claims certainly are not useful when it comes to moral issue of today such as human experimentation. I rejected the system of Kantian Deontology because while the idea of the golden rule could be useful it is more of looking at oneself meaning the physican or the researcher then at others meaning the patient. I feel the system if Kantian Deontology is for self interests and not for the interest of others when it comes to moral issues. Lastly I rejected the system of Gert's Common Morality on the bases that it could get to be too complicated. This system had some rules that everyone should follow like do not kill, but when it came down to whether someone had broken a rule, the process could get too long and taxing for someone to try to figure out. If the system was simpler like the basic principles of bioethics then I would have chosen this one