interest of the child. This paper explores the parental rights of reunification with their child and the impact of reuniting the child to the natural parents against the child’s will. Ethical Consideration Rule-based theory focuses on the right or wrong intention behind the consequences (Kamm‚ 2008). End-Based theory focuses on by doing the right act will result in a good outcome. Parent Factor The child was removed from her parent custody by court order due to their addiction to drugs and placed
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carrying out such duties is the basis of many democratic countries which provide their citizens with the necessary means for living on the belief that providing these services are for the betterment of society and its people’s well-being. One legal theory that exemplify how our government are structured is explained by deontology which is an ethic by which focuses on actions which are guided by moral obligations‚ while consequentialist ethic have based itself on the principle of‚ if the goal is morally
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people should live their lives in accordance of distinguishing the right actions from wrong actions (Boatright‚ 2007‚ p. 7). In ethics normative theory propose different principles on how society can deal with this dilemma and that is through the introduction of deontological and theological ethical system. Deontological ethics or non-consequentialist theory requires people to do the right thing simply because it is the right thing to do regardless of its consequences (Barry‚ Sansburry‚ & Shaw
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For example‚ the privatisation of foster care in the United Kingdom‚ which is becoming increasingly popular (Steen and Smith‚ 2012) can be argued as a deontological approach from the government’s point of view. The deontological ethics theory focuses on the morality of the action and not the consequences of that action (Encyclopædia Britannica‚ 2015). Caring for vulnerable members in society is a duty‚ privatisation meets the increasing demands of re-homing children‚ therefore the English
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DNR officers are an everyday task force that enforce serous laws on natural resources. People are breaking laws every day ordinary police offices can’t enforce that deals with hunting and fishing laws. For example‚ what happens when someone is poaching on your land and is killing your wild game and you don’t like that who would enforce that law? They have a wide range of laws they can actually enforce not just hunting and fishing laws they deal with drugs‚ theft and regular police work like speeding
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Teleological ethical theories vs. Deontological ethical theories By: Jesse Coleman There are two theories that have generally been used to analyze ethical questions. They are teleological ethics and deontological ethics. There are similarities and differences between the two that I will explain in more detail‚ but first I will define a few terms that need explaining. The telo in teleological is translated as ends or goals. So in essence teleological ethics are decided by the ends not the actions
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Ethical Theories Business 670 Legal Environment August 10‚ 2010 The purpose of this paper is to discuss Ethical theories and their foundations from this week’s reading material. One is to describe the theories‚ discuss plus add one more that is not in the book. To understand l theories one needs to know understand that a theory is based on observation or testing‚ there is really no right or wrong answer to what a theory is. One does need to understand what is ethical? Ethical is basically
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Ethical Egoism is a theory that could affect us all in our daily lives. Have you ever donated to charity or helped someone less fortunate than yourself? If you have you could say that you took part in Ethical Egoism Theory. An example of a modern version of Ethical Egoism is a project taking place in Fort Worth. The City of Fort Worth is making an effort to hire and house homeless people that reside in the city‚ to reduce their homeless population. In doing so they are employing the homeless
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varies with the customs and the beliefs of the family. Ethical relativism is one of the philosophical theories that assert that the vindication of morality is relative to one’s culture. The fact that whether an action or value is morally upright is dependent on the norm of the society. The action proven as morally upright in one society can be proven as wrong or right with another. This underscores a critical discussion on the theory of ethical relativity according to Pojman. The philosophy
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Kant’s Theory of Ethical Duty: A Deeper Look Immanuel Kant‚ one of the most significant and popular theorists‚ was also one of the last key philosophers of the Enlightenment period. Existing ethical assumptions are being deduced using this ethical theory of duty‚ which argues that the when an action can be supported and willed by practical reason and universal law‚ it is the right action. Kant did not believe that just mere virtues can measure ethics. Looking
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