Introduction: As a community services professional it is important to always remember the key moral principles that come with that profession. These are respect for autonomy‚ non-maleficence‚ beneficence and justice. Making a decision or resolving a situation requires an ethical framework which is made up of ethical principles that guards the clients. Therefore‚ in this essay‚ the author is going to be discussing the importance of complying with ethical framework in resolving certain situations in
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DEVLIN: 1. Criminal law is not (just) for the protection of individuals but also for the protection of society Moderate / Disintegration Thesis: 1 The state has power to legislate morality in order to protect itself against behaviors that may disintegrate society and its institutions Society “means a community of ideas; without shared ideas on politics‚ morals‚ and ethics no society can exist” (Devlin‚ 10). Devlin appealed to the idea of society’s "moral fabric." He argued that the
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Physician-Assisted Suicide The question about physician-assisted suicide in many societies around the world remains difficult‚ except some European countries such as Belgium and the Netherlands‚ and some states in USA - Oregon‚ Washington and Montana where this former restriction was legalized. Nowadays‚ other countries and the rest of states in the U.S. facing dilemma rather to leave PAS illegal‚ or change existing law into legal practice. In “Introduction” of the book Ethical Issues in Modern
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Oxford: Oxford University Press. • Donnerstein‚ E.‚ Linz‚ D. and Penrod‚ S.‚ 1987‚ The Question of Pornography: Research Findings and Policy Implications‚ New York: Free Press; London: Collier Macmillan. • Dworkin‚ A.‚ 1981‚ Pornography: Men Possessing Women‚ London: The Women ’s Press. • Dworkin‚ R.‚ 1985‚ "Do We Have a Right to Pornography?" in A Matter of Principle‚ Harvard: Harvard University Press‚ ch. 17. • Dwyer‚ S. (ed.)‚ 1995‚ The Problem of Pornography‚ Belmont‚ CA: Wadsworth. • Dyzenhaus
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The evidentiary view supports the idea that‚ “people are not the best judges of what their own best interests would be under circumstances they have never encountered and in which their preferences and desires may drastically have changed.” (Dworkin 361) A person before developing dementia has no idea what it will be like‚ so in the case that an advance directive was written‚ the evidentiary view allows for the acceptance of‚ essentially‚ a change of heart. I believe the evidentiary view protects
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thinking that had long been considered dead and buried. Perhaps most notoriously‚ Dworkin combated the positivist theory of his former teacher and predecessor as Professor of Jurisprudence at Oxford University‚ H.L.A. Hart. When comparing the two‚ it is apparent that Dworkin and Hart disagree on a plethora of issues‚ however there exist several disagreements that can be noted as fundamental. Since the work of Dworkin deals with the criticism of positivists such as Hart‚ to appreciate Dworkin’s arguments
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much-esteemed Ronald Dworkin. Part I – Adjudication of Hard Cases In his well-regarded works entitled “Taking Rights Seriously” and “A Matter of Principle‚” Dworkin provides an outstanding account of how judges should adjudicate hard cases. In presenting this account‚ he examines the discretion thesis. This thesis serves as the mechanism by which members of the judiciary should decide the most difficult of cases by establishing new law in the exercise of discretion. Dworkin assesses this thesis
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philosophers‚ scientists‚ writers‚ have tried to answer the fundamental question what constitutes a good life. According to Dworkin‚ a good life is not just about living in some pleasurable way; it is about creating a good life in a critical way. It can be argued that living a good life entails treading down a moral path‚ doing all that morality requires us to do; however Dworkin posits that moral principles should be interpreted so that being moral makes us happy. In his
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single fundamental test for law forces us to miss the important standards that are rules.” explains Dworkin on his attack on positivism. It is argued‚ by Dworkin‚ that both legal positivism and natural law theories are in reality searching for an answer to the question ‘what is law?’ a fundamental question and challenge towards the debate and critique of the natural lawyer and positivist. However Dworkin directs towards another issue‚ a more specific question of understanding law‚ gained by asking
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justified‚ and when they cannot‚ by appealing to agent responsibility. If inequality is a result of the agent’s choice‚ then it is justified. If not‚ then egalitarianism calls for redistribution. Emphasis on agent responsibility was first made by Ronald Dworkin in ‘Equality of Resources.’ Equality of resources seeks to distribute resources to those affected by inequality that was not of their own doing. Building on this theory was Gerald Cohen in ‘Equal Access to
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