Prior to this assignment‚ I thought that medical ethics meant to practice nursing as a prudent nurse would practice‚ in a socially acceptable way. Ethical behavior is one doing what is right rather than what is wrong. I knew that all medical professionals had to comply with patient confidentiality‚ but I did not realize that all medical professionals‚ including writers‚ were held accountable just as if they were providing bedside patient care. I never considered medical writing before and never wrote
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PHIL 432 Anscombe on consequentialism Anscombe is against the notion of consequentialism (refers to classical utilitarianism). Consequentialism is the view that there’s no moral difference between the results of an action‚ which was brought intentionally and actions that was foreseen but not intended. In this essay I will establish Anscombe’s notion of post Sedgwickian consequentialism and why she refers to the Ethicist philosophers such as Moore and Ross as consequentialists. For Anscombe‚
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These arguments are raised in two different approaches‚ which are consequentialist and non-consequentialist. Consequentialist is considered utilitarianism and the non-consequentialist as deontology that differs in their views. Consequentialism is all about the ‘actions of consequences‚’ which are based on justification. The people that favored affirmative action for consequences‚ for them it works until it produces the greatest happiness for the largest number of
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consider bullying a form of terrorism that caused “damaging effect on the victim’s well-being and facility” (Yildirim‚ 2009‚ p. 504). I am alarmed with the growing incidents of bullying among nurses‚ who are supposed to live up to the care ethics of the nursing profession. In one study‚ bullying was described as a workplace terror – a psychological terror that undermines an individual or group of employees (Yildirim‚ 2009). I also find bullying‚ as a form of terrorism to be much
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Consequentialism By Jeremy Ciolli University of the People For this paper I choose the topic of consequentialism. Consequentialism is the subject of this study that I felt I most related to and was true for me. In this paper I will explain what it is‚ why I relate to it‚ and why I feel it is incomplete. Consequentialism is the subject in morality of weighing the consequences of your actions by the outcomes it will effect. You tally up the consequences and if they are more right or
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Consequentialists are a group of philosophers who asses whether an act is right or wrong based on the consequences of the action. There are different types of consequentialism including: ethical egoism‚ act-utilitarianism and rule-utilitarianism. These three branches of consequentialism will be discussed later in this paper. A supererogatory act is something that is good but is not obligatory; these acts involve rendering aid to others that go above moral requirement. Consequentialists claim that
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UTILITARIANISM AND DEONTOLOGY Action we take must have consequences whether good or bad. Utilitarianism is a theory that focuses on consequences that will bring about the best possible outcome of any situation‚ in terms of individuality or people‚ this means some sort of pleasure and happiness must be the result. On the other hand‚ deontology focus on the doing the right thing‚ were your intentions will be understood based on the right thing where everyone in your position would do the same‚ more
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Different ethical theories were developed to solve the ethical problems and dilemmas that face people since the beginning of civilization and we are going to talk about two of them: Consequentialism (6) (7) (8) Consequentialism is based on the claim that the morality of the act is only determined by the outcome‚ Consequentialism was popular in the 18th century as it attracted the public because it replaced instincts and questionable duties with perceptible outcomes. As a result‚ different consequentialist
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Major ethical dilemmas require sound principles of moral understanding in order to act accordingly. Two major views on moral stance are the ethical principles of consequentialism and the commonly contrasted non-consequentialist view. This paper will try to present a fictional ethical dilemma which stresses these two major views and exposes the strengths and weaknesses of both views. The “Trolley Problem” is a short video published by BBCradiofour which depicts an ethical dilemma with three possible
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In the chapter Consequentialism and Utilitarianism in the book Global Ethics an Introduction by Heather Widdows explains that Utilitarianism is the ethical rule that is based on the idea of happiness. (Widdows 45) After reading the case study Buying and Selling Body Parts‚ it has been determined that buying and selling body parts can viewed as unethical in some cultures while some cultures view this the process of buying and selling body parts as acceptable in certain cultures. In this analysis will
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