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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In this paper I will expand on an aspect of Gerald Dworkin’s critique of Joel Feinberg’s argument against legal moralism. Using Dworkin’s counterexample of informational blackmail‚ I maintain that Feinberg’s argument ignores important moral considerations and moral legalism is sometimes justifiable. Before I proceed‚ some relevant background knowledge is necessary. In his argument‚ “Devlin Was Right: Law and the Enforcement of Morality‚” Dworkin sums up Feinberg’s argument in “The Nature and Value
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Cummins‚ R. O. (Ed.). (1994). Textbook of advanced cardiac life support. Dallas‚ TX: American Heart Association. Fingarette‚ H. (1997). Coercion‚ coercive persuasion‚ and the law. [on-line]. Available: http://www.lermanet.com/cos/Robbins.html Gerald‚ M. C.‚ & O’Bannon‚ F. V. (1988). Nursing pharmacology and therapeutics. (2nd ed.). Englewood Cliffs‚ NJ: Prentice Hall Incorporated. Gillon‚ R. (1997). Clinical ethics committees: Pros and cons. Journal of Medical Ethics‚ 23 (4)‚ 203-204
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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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Essay Plan Daniel andrews Should prostitution be legalised and monitored or illegal and unmonitored? Main Arguments Primoratz “what’s wrong with prostitution?” ( Vol. 68‚ No. 264‚ Apr.‚ 1993 ) Nussbaum “taking money for bodily services” Yolanda Estes “moral reflections on prostitution” Sources The philosophy of sex contemporary readings‚ Alan Soble and Nicholas.P.Power‚ Rowman & Littlefield‚ Jan 1‚ 2002 Prostitution and pornography: “philosophical debate about the sex
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to boost one’s own self-worth by denigrating a person of differing skin color or different cultural practices. Racial discrimination is generally forbidden by laws. -Ethnocentric Monoculturalism as defined by two of its most coherent authors (Gerald Wing Sue & David Sue in "Counseling the Culturally Different"‚ 3rd. Edition‚ John Wiley & Sons‚ 1999) is unconscious. It is predominently a product of enculturation. Many people of an Ethnocentric Monocultural bent are well meaning. Five aspects of
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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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