Introduction
This paper discusses the application of the deontological framework in the context of making a decision without authorization. Deontology is about making moral choices according to the rules that exist. Therefore, various views were examined to show the deontological perspective of making decisions without authorization. Also, perception, judgment, and motivation were mentioned to understand the reasoning of humanity as it relates to decision making.
Deontology is a concept introduced by a philosopher by the name of Immanuel Kant, who described deontology as a form of ethical responsibility, where the morality of one’s action depends on the outcome of that act. For instance, harm is intolerable but does …show more content…
According to Mandal et al. (2016), ethics is a central part in guiding good health practices, since it deals with the moral problems that arise from conflicts driven from responsibilities and related penalties. Thus, the principles of autonomy, benevolence, justice, and nonmaleficence are influential towards one’s decision. When making ethical decisions in a medical environment, two areas of thoughts that are usually considered are utilitarian and deontological. Utilitarian ethics focus on how the results may justify their means and ways to succeed; whereas, deontological ethics focuses on the duties and considers them the most important. So utilitarian is a system that focuses on the entire good of society and deontological ethics place emphasis on what is done in a particular …show more content…
This is the case because decision making leads to judgment from Christianity, society and law enforcement. Medical organizations want to ensure that decisions made will lead to good consequences, efficient individuals, and positive actions. The decision to withdraw treatment will result to angry patients, low hospital ratings, unhappy community, and a high percentage of deaths. The decision to continue treatment will lead to a happy community, longer life, motivated health care team, and higher hospital rating. Hence, the result of judgment will motivate health care personnel to make better decisions. For example, if physicians fail to provide a positive health care experience for patients and there is no negative consequence for their action. Health care workers would not be motivated to follow proper procedures. For this reason, health care workers should be motivated by incentives to follow ethical procedures and encourage excellent health care to promote longer
This paper discusses the application of the deontological framework in the context of making a decision without authorization. Deontology is about making moral choices according to the rules that exist. Therefore, various views were examined to show the deontological perspective of making decisions without authorization. Also, perception, judgment, and motivation were mentioned to understand the reasoning of humanity as it relates to decision making.
Deontology is a concept introduced by a philosopher by the name of Immanuel Kant, who described deontology as a form of ethical responsibility, where the morality of one’s action depends on the outcome of that act. For instance, harm is intolerable but does …show more content…
According to Mandal et al. (2016), ethics is a central part in guiding good health practices, since it deals with the moral problems that arise from conflicts driven from responsibilities and related penalties. Thus, the principles of autonomy, benevolence, justice, and nonmaleficence are influential towards one’s decision. When making ethical decisions in a medical environment, two areas of thoughts that are usually considered are utilitarian and deontological. Utilitarian ethics focus on how the results may justify their means and ways to succeed; whereas, deontological ethics focuses on the duties and considers them the most important. So utilitarian is a system that focuses on the entire good of society and deontological ethics place emphasis on what is done in a particular …show more content…
This is the case because decision making leads to judgment from Christianity, society and law enforcement. Medical organizations want to ensure that decisions made will lead to good consequences, efficient individuals, and positive actions. The decision to withdraw treatment will result to angry patients, low hospital ratings, unhappy community, and a high percentage of deaths. The decision to continue treatment will lead to a happy community, longer life, motivated health care team, and higher hospital rating. Hence, the result of judgment will motivate health care personnel to make better decisions. For example, if physicians fail to provide a positive health care experience for patients and there is no negative consequence for their action. Health care workers would not be motivated to follow proper procedures. For this reason, health care workers should be motivated by incentives to follow ethical procedures and encourage excellent health care to promote longer