Being human grants us all the ability to make rational decisions. The world is full of dilemmas that push our rationality to the limits. How are we to best evaluate such decisions to maximize good moral standing? Ethical theories can give us standards against which to compare the possible choices presented by a dilemma. Consider the following event: “A company had a policy of strongly encouraging all workers over the age of 55 to retire in order to allow younger workers to be hired and advance within the company. The company pension is modest, but a retiree can survive on it.” To determine the most ethically sound choice, one may use the theories of Utilitarianism, Natural Law, Kant’s Moral Theory, Virtue Ethics, Care Ethics, and Symphonology.
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The three tenants of this theory work to define moral law by stating it is knowledgable using our human reason, base on human nature, and universally applicable. The criteria for this theory is simple to never interfere with human flourishment, with is living a good, whole life filled with health, wealth, friendship, knowledge, and morality. When an event has no outcome that does not interfere with flourishment, one may turn to the Principle of Double Effect. This principle evaluates the levels of oral permissibility, proportionality, and intended good/ foreseen bad to decide essentially which option is least …show more content…
Based on contextt of the situation and of knowledge (data and personal experience respectively), agreements between people are evaluated with the assistance of bioethical standards to reach a moral decision. The basic human to human argument to “not aggress” is analyzed with freedom (one’s capacity for independent action), objectivity (one’s capacity of awareness of reality), privacy (one’s ability to control their own time an effort), beneficence (to do good by the standards of those most affected), fidelity (faithfulness to the agreement), and autonomy (uniqueness and sameness of character). Once the violation of the standards is assessed, a decision can be made by the individual. Since no counting of standards is necessary, ration judgment must be utilized for educated
The three tenants of this theory work to define moral law by stating it is knowledgable using our human reason, base on human nature, and universally applicable. The criteria for this theory is simple to never interfere with human flourishment, with is living a good, whole life filled with health, wealth, friendship, knowledge, and morality. When an event has no outcome that does not interfere with flourishment, one may turn to the Principle of Double Effect. This principle evaluates the levels of oral permissibility, proportionality, and intended good/ foreseen bad to decide essentially which option is least …show more content…
Based on contextt of the situation and of knowledge (data and personal experience respectively), agreements between people are evaluated with the assistance of bioethical standards to reach a moral decision. The basic human to human argument to “not aggress” is analyzed with freedom (one’s capacity for independent action), objectivity (one’s capacity of awareness of reality), privacy (one’s ability to control their own time an effort), beneficence (to do good by the standards of those most affected), fidelity (faithfulness to the agreement), and autonomy (uniqueness and sameness of character). Once the violation of the standards is assessed, a decision can be made by the individual. Since no counting of standards is necessary, ration judgment must be utilized for educated