decision. “The American Nurse Association (ANA) Code of Ethics for Nurses states that the nurse provide interventions to relieve pain and suffering from the dying patient, even if it may hasten death. It also states that nurses may not act with the sole intent of ending a patient’s life even though such action may be motivated by compassion, respect for patient autonomy and quality of life consideration”. (Lachman, 2010, p. 122) The Code of Ethics for Nurses provides some guidance for nurses who are
Using two articles “On the Origin of Good and Evil” by Richard Taylor and “Why Morality Is Not Relative” by James Rachels from the book Moral Life: An Introductory Reader in Ethics and Literature, authors Louis P. Pojman and Lewis Vaughn, this essay will first try to identify what each of the two articles says about the nature of good and evil, and the relativity of morality. The main points of scholars Taylor and Rachels are that good and evil happens naturally in us, and we should not judge another
Someone’s moral status depends on the intentions of that person; meaning just because you go to church every week, or do simple good deeds doesn’t mean you are a good person. Even though actions speak louder than words, our minds ring out louder than a clap of thunder. As said by Aristotle, “Someone who acts out of mistaken belief about a relevant matter of fact may not be morally culpable for what would otherwise be a bad action” (Porter, 23). In that statement there were a few exceptions, like
1. Identify: • The key ethical issues / questions raised in this case study The key ethical issue in this case study is ethical dilemma. An ethical dilemma is a complex situation which involves conflict mentally between moral values, in which to obey one would affect another. In this case, the parents are facing ethical dilemma in deciding whether to disconnect the ventilator. Since the ventilator would no longer works on their daughter, they first agree with the doctors’ decision to disconnect
Philosophers live and dependably tempt humankind to live as they do. Aristotle and Emmanuel Kant were two scholars who attempted, and some way or another succeeded, in tackling complex moral problems. These two logicians created hypotheses about various human activities, and endeavored to disclose the moral activity in specific circumstances. While Kant, watched commitment and obligation from a law point of view, Aristotle imagined on the point of life. Their interesting perspectives towards human
In accordance of both Carol Gilligan’s Ethic of Care and Hannah Arendt’s own ethical philosophy, both theories conclude that viewing and distributing stories of violent domestic abuse and beheading is unethical. In Carol Gilligan’s Ethic of Care system it would be indefinitely apparent that viewing these images and videos are completely unethical. In Gilligan’s tier system of care, the viewer goes through three important segways; a selfish want of viewing the said “shock porn”; a self-sacrifice
Question 2: Who was right: Socrates or Crito? Why were they right? Known as the father of philosophy, Socrates, a proud Greek Athenian, strived to understand and answer the fundamental questions of education, politics, and ethics. At the age of seventy, Socrates was charged before an Athenian widely held court for not believing in the Olympian gods (impiety) and the corruption of youth. Despite the masterful and witty defense (apologia), Socrates could not convince his jury of fellow Athenian citizens
The main point of this article is preventing or realizing an ethical issue in critical care settings. The author gives one scenario about a patient, their family and medical staff lagging in decision-making for the patient’s care. The author indicates the need for interventions from hospital staff when a family is having difficulty with ethical decision-making. The article addresses examples of patient and family level interventions during ethical issues, as well as, intervention plans for the
Utilitarianism, by John Stuart Mill, is an essay written to provide support for the value of utilitarianism as a moral theory, and to respond to misconceptions about it. Mill defines utilitarianism as a theory based on the principle that "actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness."1 This is referred to as the “Principle of Utility”. In utilitarianism, you look solely on the consequences of an action when deciding the
with the acknowledgement of humanity of those who are moving and those who do not move. Ethics of migration highlights the tensions between individuals and nations. Discussions and information on ethics of migration should be honest