Immanuel Kant individuals should not be treated as a ‘means to an end‚ not ends in themselves’. Clearly the sweeping redistribution of income would use individuals for a wider aim of providing an equal start in life for all and hence undermine the Kantian Dictate that underpins Formal Equality. Similarly‚ Negative Liberty is a not a distributive ideal as it believes in a minimal state and laissez faire
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I am going to answer these two questions in this essay. They are “Do you think that the right to life entails a right to die under certain circumstances?” and “Should the laws be changed to grant a universal right to voluntary euthanasia?”. In this essay‚ I am going to give reasons using ethical theories to justify these questions. Euthanasia Euthanasia is the act of a physician or other third party ending a patient’s life in response to severe pain and suffering. Euthanasia can be classified
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An Ethical Analysis of the case AIDS and Needles 1. Case fact In the case of AIDS and Needles‚ nurses‚ doctors and other health care workers who use needles and syringes as part of their routine operation are exposed to the risk of infection of blood carried diseases from accidental injury on themselves. This issue is a pressing one as statistics reveal that Needlestick injuries occur frequently in large hospitals and account for about 80 per cent of reported occupational exposures to HIV among health
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INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………. 4 LEGALITY……………………………………………………………………………. STATEMENT OF RELEVANT LEGAL PRINCIPLES AND RULES OF LAW APPLICATION OF LAW TO TOPIC AND LEGAL ANALYSIS LEGAL CONCLUSION 8 ETHICS………………………………………………………………………………. UTILITARIAN ETHICAL ANALYSIS KANTIAN ETHICAL ANALYSIS PSYCHOLOGICAL EGOISM ANALYSIS 11
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Case Summary In 1993‚ Michael D. Eisner of Walt Disney fame received $203 million as executive compensation. Although this award was inflated by Eisner ’s exercise of stock options‚ many examples of compensation in millions and tens of millions raise questions on how CEOs should be paid. Critics dispute that CEOs are deserving of their pay. CEOs downsize companies or perform badly‚ yet continue to draw a substantial salary. Unlike low level managers‚ it seems there is no formula for executive
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argued that despite three justifications of affirmative action‚ the liberal principle of personal autonomy should outweigh diversity motivated discrimination in university admissions. The main theoretical justification to this will be an extension of Kantian philosophy‚ which focuses upon the fact that people should never be used as means to an end but rather an end themselves. This will be extended by Robert Nozick’s principle of the ‘separateness of persons’. Despite acknowledging the importance of
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I. The Questions The current ethical debate being discussed focuses on biomedicine’s involvement in quality of life issues. Biomedicine is a branch of medical science that applies biological and other natural-scientific principles to clinical practice. Now these interventions are specifically directed to alter‚ eliminate‚ or correct non-life threatening conditions. Cochlear implants are a technology in the branch of Biomedicine‚ which attempts to cure deafness. When surgically implanted and given
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The Whitaker family selected a specific embryo so that they knew that once the baby was born he would be a definite match for tissue donation. The family has received support from the public‚ but there has also been many cases of opposition. Kantian ethics can be used both to support and oppose this case. One of the main parts of Kant’s theory is that one should never be used as a means to an end. Even though the end would present good results for Charlie‚ the sick
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An Exposition of Kant’s‚ Arendt’s‚ and Mill’s Moral Philosophy Immanuel Kant adheres to Deontological ethics. His theory offers a view of morality based on the principle of good will and duty. According to him‚ people can perform good actions solely by good intentions without any considerations to consequences. In addition‚ one must follow the laws and the categorical imperative in order to act in accordance with and from duty. Several other philosophers such as Hannah Arendt discuss Kant’s moral
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human beings into account and justifies through excuses. These excuses involve him making a decision on behalf of the homeless on the worth of their life‚ and its purpose‚ and the happiness these people have. Whereas the British doctor uses more of a Kantian ethics system and points out what the doctor has not taken into account.
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