Running head: Professional Moral Compass Professional Moral Compass Erewarifagha M. Haidome Grand Canyon University Ethical Decision Making in Health Care NRS 437V-0102 February23‚ 2013 Professional Moral Compass Every profession has moral guide which they refer to as ethics and so is nursing. It involves values governing relationships between the nurse and patient‚ the patient ’s family‚ other members of the health professions
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for Research on Adolescence Moral Development in Adolescence Daniel Hart Rutgers University Gustavo Carlo University of Nebraska-Lincoln Themes in the papers in this special issue of the JRA on moral development are identified. We discuss the intersection of moral development research with policy concerns‚ the distinctive qualities of moral life in adolescence that warrant investigation‚ the multiple connotations of ‘‘moral‚’’ the methods typical of moral development research‚ and the
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Immoral – Don Marquis -Most abortions are seriously immoral What makes killing us (normal adult humans) wrong? 2 Incorrect Answers: 1. Is it the fact that killing causes pain to the victim? a. No‚ sometimes killing can be painless 2. Is it the fact that the loved ones will suffer grief? b. No‚ some people don’t have loved ones. c. Or loved ones could be glad someone died. Marquis’s Answer: -What makes killing us (normal adult humans) wrong is that it robs us
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Euthanasia: A Moral Dilemma The word euthanasia is derived from two Greek words‚ “eu” which means “good” and “thanatos” which means “death‚” thus‚ you have the translation “good death.” For many‚ when faced with a terminal disease or injury‚ it is all they truly want. That is‚ the ability to choose the right to die‚ in lieu of‚ a slow and painful death. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines Euthanasia as‚ “The act or practice of killing hopelessly sick or injured individuals in a relatively painless
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culture or the person. Ethical or moral relativism is the position in meta-ethics that morality is not universal‚ but that moral truths can be determined by factors relative to social‚ cultural‚ historical or personal circumstances. In the other hand‚ people who believe ethics are absolute‚ they support a set of rules that applies to everyone in general. Moral absolutism holds that moral and immoral acts are always so regardless of context. Other forms that fall into moral absolutism are ethical objectivism
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Stages of Moral Development. Kohlberg focused his development of moral judgment in children and adults using the cognitive development approach based on Piaget’s theories. His primary concern with moral development is believed to be central to education and has ground roots as far back as Plato’s Socrates dialogues around the question of whether virtue is taught‚ comes with practice of whether it is a natural aptitude or instinct. There are 6 stages to Kohlberg’s stages of moral development
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The writer‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ is renowned solely for the themes of psychological complexities and public morality implemented into his work. His stories typically involve the inheritance of sin and evil within humanity‚ often contemporary with moral messages and rooms for interpretation of the psychological complexities embedded within
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Extra Credit Paper April 23‚ 2013 Moral Machines – Ethics The future of computing and machinery is changing at such an extremely fast pace that we need to invest in the application of ethics to the world of machines. But there are many problems with programming a machine to act ethically. Ethics are simply emotional expressions and machines can’t have emotion. Computers don’t have the practical wisdom that Aristotle thought we use when applying our virtues. What about the ethics of the lesser ethical
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establish their morals‚ is the way they establish their morals correct or not? The argument of whether morals come from religious teachings or a divine origin has been around since the beginning of time. There is no right or wrong answer to the question of whether there is a correlation between religion and morals. As long as the population has their own belief of what is right and what is wrong and how they practice it is all that matters. But it is interesting to see how morals can or can not be
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What are Ethics? University of Phoenix ETH/316 July 2‚ 2012 What are ethics and why are they important to have? Personally‚ my ethics are the standards or rules governing they way I live my life and make my decisions. In order to understand your own ethics‚ it is important to take a look at what you believe and then think about what your reaction would be if those beliefs were to be challenged. Ethics govern our thought process. When a problem arises‚ the solution is based on your ethics. There
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