Ethical Dilemmas and The Terri Schiavo Case Michelle Carmona‚ Simarjeet Bassi‚ Maxim Punnoose Grand Canyon University NRS437V Kristine Roberts September 29‚ 2013 Ethical Dilemmas and The Terri Schiavo Case According to the ANA‚ euthanasia is the act of helping to end the suffering of an individual by assisting in their suicide wishes. ("Code for nurses‚" 1985) This has been a topic of great debate for quite some time as certain individuals see this as inhumane and that no person has the
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as well as the benefits the individual gains from said abuse‚ the decision to abuse a resource may be seen as maximizing utility. Thus‚ from a limited perspective‚ the decision to abuse the resource is not only the rational decision‚ but‚ in a utilitarian framework‚ abuse becomes the moral decision. The problem inherent in this line of reasoning is that if enough people make this decision‚ the resource is destroyed in what is known as The Tragedy of the Commons. The challenge posed by the free rider
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and their followers developed ethical theories centered on the “good life” (the ideal life‚ the life most worth living‚ eudaimonia‚ happiness) and the role of pleasure of achieving it. (Ref:- http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Hedonism) Objection against Hedonism No general code of morality could be established on the basis of pleasure. Pleasure is essentially subjective feeling‚ and only the individual is the competent judge of how much pleasure or pain a course of action affords him. What
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situation‚ the “right” action or policy is the one that will produce the greatest net benefits or the lowest net costs (when all alternatives have only net costs). Many businesses rely on such utilitarian cost-benefit analyses‚ and maintain that the socially responsible course to take is the utilitarian one with the lowest net costs. Jeremy Bentham founded traditional utilitarianism. His version of the theory assumes that we can measure and add the quantities of benefits produced by an action
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The biocentric viewpoint is where all life has moral standing. There are many people like Paul Taylor or Albert Schweitzer that have their own theories about biocentrism as well. The biocentric viewpoint says that all life has moral standing‚ but is this the correct viewpoint to take in order to determine how people ought to act in relation to the environment? This is the correct view point in regards to the environment because this view give all life moral standing. Allowing an environment to be
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Utilitarianism cannot justify legal rights because legal rights have what is called moral force. This idea operates in according to moral rights. Meaning that by having the right to do something‚ this provides a challenging edge against objections to my doing it‚ as well as a presumption against others ’ interference. Other contemplations might otherwise be fitting against my so acting‚ in the absence of my having the right‚ or it could substantiate others ’ intrusion‚ are ineffective in
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get a prescription filled? Though it may go against pharmacists religious or moral beliefs to fill certain prescriptions‚ it is a pharmacist’s duty to fulfill that promise. I will explain my arguments and give a counterargument for conscientious objection. I will also explain how pharmacists are able to do so without repercussions. Why is not filling these prescriptions not considered ethical? A pharmacist’s obligation is to fill all prescriptions. There are many points as to why they should. First
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It has always been debatable if some actions such as lying for some advantages are moral. With different criteria and notions‚ how to judge what is moral‚ what is genuinely moral and what is not are not so clear. Moreover‚ the reason or benefit why we should be moral at all can sometimes be obscure. This essay will discuss on each theory of ethics proposed by various philosophers from past to present and how they may help us reach an answer to why we should be moral. Immanuel Kant’s idea on ethics
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3 reasons many people embrace Cultural diversity 1. They value diversity 2. They think cultural imperialism is bad 3. They believe that cultural Relativism will preserve the integrity of diverse cultures from the threat of cultural imperialism. Does cultural Relativism offer a basis for promoting tolerance of cultural differences and opposing cultural imperialism? Every society has to set a rule when it is acceptable to kill some members. 5 claims of cultural relativism
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expressing the grounds of animal’s value of life compared with Utilitarian Theory of Peter Singer‚ neither of the theories is successful in appreciating the animal’s value of life. In the first part of the paper‚ I will mention the major arguments of Singer’s Utilitarian Theory of Animal Rights. Then under The Relationship between Interests and the Capacities sub-title I will try to explain why Singer does not have persuasive utilitarian grounds to disvalue the lives of non-self-conscious beings. I
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