and stuporous patient with a diagnosis of a cerebrovascular accident. He has no family members‚ but did have one friend visit him all day‚ every day from home. In a few days‚ the staff found out that the friend has growing dementia. The main ethical dilemma here is the lack of a capable person to make the decision about the patient’s medical condition. The solution to the problem should be based on the best interest of the patient. In hospital setting‚ the principle theme is patient and family-centered
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Does Ethical Relativism really exist? Ethical relativism is based on society and also individual’s desires. With that being said ethical relativism varies from culture to culture and person to person. Does this mean that ethical relativism is any less of a valid theory than other theories? We shall find out in the next 3 pages. Joseph Ratzinger once said “having a clear faith based on the creed of the church is often labeled today as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism‚ which is
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Cultural Relativism Introduction According to www.gotquestions.org/cultural-relavitsim‚ cultural relativism is the view that all beliefs‚ customs‚ and ethics are related to the social norms and culture that one comes from. In other words‚ right and wrong or good and bad are culture-specific‚ meaning that what is reflected moral in one society may be reflected immoral in another. Therefore‚ since no collective standard of morality subsists‚ no one has the right to judge another society’s customs
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Patient and Family Involvement to Ethical Issue on Care Decision Making Purpose: Decision making is a crucial element in the field of medicine and health care. The physician has to determine what is wrong with the patient and recommend treatment‚ while the patient has to decide whether or not to seek medical care‚ and go along with the treatment recommended by the physician. Patients have both rights and responsibilities when it comes to their health and the health care services
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for objectivism instead of relativism in morality. Ethical relativism is “the theory that there are no universally valid moral principles”. Ethical relativism however is different from moral doubt where valid moral principles do not exist at all. Pojman argues that what is considered as morally right or wrong varies from society to society. Pojman proposes that ethical relativism can be seen as a good thing but can get hard when getting into the details. Ethical relativism is defined that says moral
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Cultural relativism is the view that all beliefs‚ customs‚ and ethics are relative to the individual within his own social context. In other words‚ right and wrong are culture-specific; what is considered right in one society may be considered wrong in another‚ and‚ since no universal standard of morality exists‚ no one has the right to judge another society’s customs. Morality is built within communal groups‚ for example a faith community e.g. a church. The morality of one social group is not better
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Lying For the most part the act of lying is viewed badly and is frowned upon in society .There are very limited exceptions but for the most part it is viewed as a wrong doing and will most likely for as long as mankind exists . A majority of the world’s population‚ no matter culture‚ race‚ gender‚ believes that the truth is what should be told and that if a lie is told there should be some sort of consequence to discourage the act of lying in the future. Like stated earlier there are some people
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fact that lying is harmful in various ways‚ at some point in each of our lives we have lied‚ some may be more than other but we all tell a little lie once in a while. In the article ’’Lying’’ Tim Mazur talks about the possible consequences that one can for lying and also mention various reason what may cause some to lie. Tim Mazur believes people lie to maintain relationships‚ please others‚ avoid awardness and punishment. From my perspective I believe there are circumstances where lying can be acceptable
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Ethical relativism is a theory that holds that morality is relative to the rules of one’s culture. That is‚ when an action is right or wrong and depends on the moral rules of the society in which it is experienced. This action may be right in one society but be wrong in another. What’s right for you may not be what’s right for me. For example‚ I buy my stuff if I do not have the money I do not buy it at all. On the other hand‚ someone wants to buy something and they do not have enough money‚ so they
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and Why do People Lie? Lying is around us no matter where we go‚ all over the world‚ in every culture‚ none more than others. We are surrounded by lying especially in advertisement on television and billboards. As a rule lying is very frowned upon in society‚ although we all take part it in almost every day. This leads us to some questions one might have about lying. How many different ways do people lie‚ why do they lie‚ and what different kinds of reactions does lying cause? There are many different
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