Red Team: Amber Boyadjian‚ Ashley Friedl‚ Cindi Hedrick‚ Alison McCarthy‚ & Amanda Ogden Grand Canyon University: NRS-437V August 23‚ 2014 Analysis of an Ethical Dilemma The infamous “Terri Schaivo case” was one of ethical vs. medical consideration‚ and how those decisions made impacted how human euthanasia is currently viewed. From a healthcare provider’s perspective‚ we will be reviewing this topic and its related ethical implications‚ laws regarding this topic‚ and the stakeholders
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Essay #1 Edmund Pellegrino states‚ in the Virtuous Physician and the Ethics of Medicine “that in most professional ethical codes‚ virtue and duty-based ethics are intermingled.” He is explaining how in both codes the medical professional is looking to the best interest of others‚ virtuously the patient. Virtue-based ethics is considered doing what is right not just because you are told to but because it is right. Duty-based ethics is the obligation and laws a person is expected to abide by with others
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Developed by Aristotle‚ virtue ethics presents an agent-centered moral theory based on virtues and what it entails for an individual to act virtuously. Since its development‚ virtue ethics has been criticized due to its agent-centeredness and the possible lack of guidance it provides on how the agent ought to act. Robert Louden argued that virtue ethics as a moral theory should be overlooked as it is unable to fully tell individuals how they should act. The aim of this essay will be to show that
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Virtue Ethics as discussed by Julia Annas is based around the idea that people do things because they are right‚ rather than because they have to. The things that people do must be a virtue and not a habit. A habit is “someone’s character or source of action in the agent that bypass a person’s practical reasoning‚” and a virtue is a “disproportion to act for reasons” and is built up by making choices and is used for future choices (516‚ Annas). People are to learn from experiences and society to
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Terri Schiavo‚ also known as Theresa Marie Schindler‚ was a woman who entered a vegetative state in 1990. The case was brought up over 20 times throughout Florida courts. Most all of her doctors firmly expressed they believe in no possibility of revival. Her husband‚ Michael Schiavo‚ also expressed that she would not want to be kept alive. All cases ruled that Michael was in control of Terri‚ repeating marriage. The parents thoroughly disagreed with this‚ believing their was hope in revival‚ although
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cart) example‚ outline the basic tenets of an Aristotelean approach to justice (in your answer‚ be sure to show how it differs from modern theories of justice). Of the four “Negative Evaluations” of Virtue Ethics (see handout)‚ which do you think is the most serious? Why? Which theory – virtue ethics‚ utilitarianism‚ Kantian morality -- in your view‚ is the most convincing (you must select one)? Why? [20 marks] • Note: the most convincing answers are those that explain the main tenets the theory
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The idea of what is the good and the elements involved in the good are virtue‚ happiness‚ and justice is argued in “Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics”. Aristotle believes that virtue is key in finding what the good is. According to Aristotle virtue is an element that is needed in understanding what the good is. In this essay I will argue how within “Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics” the topic of virtue is key to finding the overall good. The idea of finding the true definition of what the good is is what
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Essay 1 Write an essay based on any of the topics covered in class during the period of week 1 and week 6. Paper must be between 2 and 3 pages (excluding cover page‚ annexes‚ and reference page). Cultural Relativism Theory Cultural Relativism Theory is morality that differs in every society‚ and is a convenient term for socially approved habits. It is also the oldest philosophical theory that speaks about the nature of morality. Cultural relativism theory claims that different cultures have
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whom have been together for a total of eighteen blissful months. Then there is Mel and his wife Terri who seem to be over the infatuation stage of their marriage and though they have been married for four years‚ they don’t seem to know a thing about true love due to their past experiences whether it have ben an unsatisfying marriage or an abusive ex-boyfriend. The two couples sit around a
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Analyse the key features of Virtue Ethics Virtue ethics is a custom which goes back to Plato and Aristotle; it is also known as aretaic ethics‚ from the Greek word arête meaning excellence or virtue. There are a number of key features to virtue ethics‚ one of the most significant being that it is an agent-centered theory rather than act-centered theory. Therefore it asks the questions ‘What sort of person ought I to be?’ rather than ‘How ought I to act’. The concept does not focus on actions being
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