Abortion: An Ethical Dilemma in Nursing If you were to ask any man or women whether murder should be legal, almost all would strongly say no. However, if asked about abortion there would be a mixed response. Abortion is a sensitive subject with a variety of strong opinions and concerns. Abortion is also an ethical dilemma in nursing. As a nursing student it is important for me to understand the ethics of abortion and establish my stance on the issue. This is necessary in order to determine the best
What does misappropriated time on the job look like and would it be considered theft? When looking at the definition of theft from Webster’s Dictionary is: "is the act of stealing, with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it." (abbreviated from Webster dictionary) If one is using work hours to attend to personal matters or using your companies’ time for their gain, then yes, this would fit the definition of theft. I have experienced this in the workplace and define this to be an ethical
Ethical Discussion The ethical framework I would like to analyze this case study with is Deontology (or also known as Kantianism). In this framework, there is a strict adherence to the categorical imperative, which consists of two parts: The Universality Principle and The Reciprocity Principle. In the former principle, we must consider if a maxim is applied universally then would this maxim still be ethical. The latter principle is basically a variant of the Golden Rule: Do to others what you wish
household was not always that easy. Trying to understand most of my parent’s decision in my younger days left me scratching my head all the time. Religion also played a big role when it came to decision making with my parents and on the punishments I received. My parents always told me to help others, respecting myself and knowing the difference what is right and what is wrong. Growing up I always hated being told about what I should eat, how many hours of TV I was allowed to watch, when and where I
“Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do, and what is right to do.” ― Potter Stewart. Malvolio’s behavior in Twelfth Night is unacceptable, he treats others miserably, yet gets upset when he receives a taste of his own medicine. Viola claims to be somebody that she is not, this could potentially hurt someone. Feste was harmful and dishonest, and did not think about his actions before acting upon them. People should without a doubt treat others just as they would like
particular ethical theory are that they are uniform and do not discriminate. The concept of global citizenship that is a recent political idea can be imagined when considering this theory. However, the main issue that I have with this theory is that it I believe it has a tendency towards homogenization. What I mean is that all actions that are good come under the ambit of good universal ethics according to this theory. However, how can we classify something as essentially ‘good’? Good for whom? What good
set of rules or systems which are set-out by an individual or group of people. Ethical standards dictates; how one lives; how one makes decisions; how one behaves; and how one interacts with others. Ethical systems starts from childhood and develops through maturity, community interactions, culture, experiences, education level, social and economical status and religious beliefs. It is ethical systems that distinguish what is morally right and wrong, good and bad and are mostly used in the resolution
capitalism. Capitalism is what we've been educated with what's best for the consumer and the producer. Capitalism is what we've been surviving with since the Middle Ages. Capitalism is what's best for society isn't? Capitalism has been the best weapon for both the consumer and producer because it creates competition; with competition everyone is striving to be first, to be the very best, but because of competition unethical decisions are born. Despite the treasures of what capitalism offers through
As human beings before we make a decision there are a lot of things we consider, things like the consequences that they produce, how it benefits us and also how it benefits the people around us. We also ask ourselves if it is the right decision and how they impact the people around us. Those things that we have to consider before making our decisions are the rules and principles that guide us when we choose between right and wrong. The area of knowledge that this applies to is ethics, which are the
What is happiness? In general, I would say that happiness is that feeling I get when I come home at the end of the day to my dogs jumping, elated to see me. It’s that idealized concept of an an empty, sandy beach on an island in the south pacific. That first slice of a nice, moist chocolate cake. If you go to the dictionary and look up happiness, the definition is “the state of being happy”. While these examples do fit that definition of happiness, these are ephemeral concepts that may be better