APPLYING THE CRITICAL THINKING MODEL Rubric for the Critical Thinking Application Paper Applied Ethics/St. Petersburg College NOTE: Chapter 4 “Critical Thinking” in your textbook has a detailed explanation of the critical thinking model and how to apply it. 1. Identification (10 points possible) You have been given a central ethical issue to use throughout the paper – What should Augustine do ? In this section you must identify as many OTHER ethical issues‚ questions‚ or problems
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Discussions involving the healthcare system in the United States often result in clashes on the proper way to allocate resources. This divide continues to widen when involving limited resources and who deserves them. This idea is expressed in the story of Horacio Alberto Reyes-Camarena‚ a death row inmate receiving dialysis due to kidney failure. He desires a tax-payer funded kidney transplant in order to discontinue his dialysis treatment. Regrettably‚ kidneys are in high demand with over one-hundred
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<center><a href="http://www.geocities.com/vaksam/">Sam Vaknin’s Psychology‚ Philosophy‚ Economics and Foreign Affairs Web Sites</a></center> <br> <br>Animal rights is a catchphrase akin to human rights. It involves‚ however‚ a few pitfalls. First‚ animals exist only as a concept. Otherwise‚ they are cuddly cats‚ curly dogs‚ cute monkeys. A rat and a puppy are both animals but our emotional reaction to them is so different that we cannot really lump them together. Moreover: what rights are we talking
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CARBALLO‚ JOHN ERICK A. PROF. REY ATACADOR Ancient times Medieval Ages Modern Era Contemporary Times (7th Century B.C.) (8th – 16th A.D.) (17th -18th A.D.) (20th -21st Century A.D.) DETAILED TIMELINE: Ancient: (7th Century B.C. - 5th Century A.D.) Pre-Socratic (7th - 5th Century B.C.) Socratic (5th - 4th Century B.C.) Hellenistic (3rd Century B.C. - 3th Century A.D.) Roman (1st
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COMPARE UTILITARIAN AND DEONTOLOGICAL THEORIES Utilitarianism is the idea that the moral worth of an action is determined by its usefulness. In maximizing utility and minimizing negative utility‚ in short it can be defined as pleasure minus pain. Deontology means duty or obligation. This theory was founded by a German philosopher‚ Immanuel Kant (1724-1804). According to Kant‚ it is the only way of making moral decisions. Another definition for deontology is that it is an approach to the justification
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Liberterian theory is a political philosophy that advocates free will‚ indivual rights‚ and voluntary cooperation. (Boaz‚ David 1997) The core doctrine of liberterianism begins with the recognition that people have certain natural rights to personal autonomy and property rights‚ and the right to ultilization of previoously unsued resourses. These two basic assumptions form the foundation of Liberterian ideas. Liberterianism can be tracked back to ancient China‚ where phillosopher Lao-tzu advocated
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The Social Contract of John Locke AJS 532 Introduction The concept of the social contract comes from Socrates‚ as described by Plato in Crito. “Then the laws will say: ‘Consider‚ Socrates‚ if we are speaking truly that in your present attempt you are going to do us an injury. For‚ having brought you into the world‚ and nurtured and educated you‚ and given you and every other citizen a share in every good which we had to give‚ we further proclaim to any Athenian by the liberty which we allow
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Animal Rights and Ethical Theories Umajesty Allah PHI 208 Ethics and Moral Reasoning Instructor: Hai Nguyen September 7‚ 2014 Human Rights and Philosophical Theories We live in a society where many people fight for rights of their specific groups. Women’s rights‚ African American’s rights‚ and rights for handicapped people are just a few examples. Now these are all groups‚ where people verbally fight for their groups‚ but what about animal rights? Animals cannot speak or communicate
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Dionte Coston Ethics Applied 03/09/2013 Critical Thinking Application Paper Many families are faced with different health problems in young children. But for most children these problems are mild‚ they come and go‚ and they do not interfere with their daily life and development. For some children‚ however‚ chronic health conditions affect everyday life throughout their childhood. Learning to live with a chronic condition can be very challenging for a child‚ for parents‚ and for siblings and
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The ethical dilemmas of cloning extinct species have been a futile argument that will never have a correct or incorrect answer. There are many different arguments whose viewpoints can help persuade one’s opinion on this matter such as utilitarianism‚ ethical egoism‚ social contract theory‚ Natural Law Theory‚ Divine Command Theory‚ and Kantian Ethics. Each different theory is capable of giving us premises to support or dispute this dilemma of cloning extinct species. For example‚ Vaughn would say
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