Am I Comfortable with this Decision? 1) If I carry out this decision‚ would I be comfortable telling my family about it? My clergyman? My mentors? 2) Would I want children to take my behavior as an example? ETHICS 3) Is this decision one which a wise‚ informed‚ virtuous person would make? 4) Can I live with this decision? Model applied to Case Study: In the case study‚ the moral dilemma lies in whether or not to break confidentiality since the patient
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for ethics and social ethics. Introduction: Explorations of the gap individual and social ethics and attempts to bridge this gap‚ have resulted in either detailed philosophical abstraction (Mukerjee 1950) or proposals to measure the subjective potential between impartiality and utilitarianism (Mongin‚ 2001). One phenomenon that occurs in this cleft which may explain individual and social ethical thinking and decision making is that of compassion. This essay will briefly describe ethics and
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Running head: MY NURSING ETHIC My Nursing Ethic Susan Kreienbrink Grand Canyon University In my nursing career I have worked at two hospitals‚ both run by the Sisters of Mercy. This is a conscious decision on my part because my belief system regarding the way we should care for others‚ mirrors their mission very closely. I believe it is my moral obligation to help anyone who needs help‚ regardless of their own personal belief system‚ whether or not they are a citizen of the
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What is moral virtue? Although‚ due to infinite opinions it may be difficult to answer‚ Aristotle offers us insight into the common thread of all morality. He says that every art‚ every science‚ every action has a goal‚ an end that is aspired to. This end is always good. “The end of medical science is health; the end of military science‚ victory; of economic science‚ wealth.”(Aristotle‚ 22) Everything that we‚ as humans‚ decide to do is for the good of something. Now when we ask the question‚ “What
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Nature is what compels us to develop the virtues which define us as humans. Odysseus virtues are the only things which keep him alive in the face of incredible danger at the hands of natural threats. Today we live insulated and protected from hostility nature. We do not have the virtue in the same capacity as those which enable Odysseus to survive. In Odyssey many people consider Odysseus as a man of virtues and vice. He was declare as a man of virtues during the time Polyphemos start to eat
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Virtue-Based Ethical Systems For centuries‚ philosophers have argued over a controversial issue of morality. Could a person who makes moral decisions unhappily be as moral as a person who makes them happily? One philosophy on that issue ranges as far back as Plato and Aristotle‚ this is the concept of virtue-based ethical systems. Pojman writes‚ “Virtue ethics centers on the heart of the agent-in his or her character.” Virtue ethics seeks to mold the agent into a better person
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09/09/2013 WHO ARE THEY? Trends‚ Issues & Ethics WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THEIR ETHICAL POSITION? WHAT IS ETHICS? • Ethics may be defined as a set of moral principles that govern one’s course of action. • Ethics and law are a system of conflict resolution. • The law is the minimum behavior standard. MORALITY Everyone has some morality of his or her own ‐ what he or she thinks is right and wrong ‐ and it sometimes happens that people who others see as bad do not see
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BBA313 DEONTOLOGICAL (NONCONSEQUENTIAL)‚ TELEOLOGICAL (CONSEQUENTIAL)‚ VIRTUE ETHICAL THEORIES - WEEK/ TOPIC 3: Dr. Ziska Fields HOMEWORK: (1 PAGE ONLY) Today the Arms Procurement Commission began public hearings into what appears to be the biggest corruption scandal in the history of South Africa. Apply the Global Business Standards Codex and explain if and how the Defense Department used these principles‚ what they could have done differently if the Codex was applied GLOBAL BUSINESS STANDARDS
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Business ethics -Ethics derived from the Greek word ethos – which refers to the conventional customs and norms of a given culture – the term ethics can be understood in two ways: • as a traditional field of philosophical inquiry dating back to ancient Greece‚ which is concerned with values as they relate to human conduct; and • as the systematic study of norms and values that guide how people should live their lives. -Ethics is to do with what is good and bad or right and wrong. The
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Why should directors‚ executives‚ and accountants understand consequentialism‚ deontology‚ and virtue ethics? Consequentialism is based on the concept that the moral worth of an action is determined by its outcome. And that the consequences of one’s conduct are the true basis for any judgment about the morality of such conduct. Thus‚ from a consequentialist standpoint‚ a morally right act‚ or failure to act‚ is one that will produce a good outcome‚ or consequence. This view may also be expressed
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