Dr. Walter Palmer: A Theoretical Analysis

The Daily News published that, “Neither hide nor hair could be found of the 55-year-old who has proudly killed at least 43 animals over the years with his bow and arrow, including polar bear, walrus, wolf, California bighorn sheep and a rhinoceros.” (Anna Pratt et.al 1). Dr. Walter Palmer, a dentist, has enjoyed venturing to different areas of the world and going big game hunting. He practices this as a sport and he personally believes that there is nothing wrong with doing this and has continued to do so after several occasions of him being punished for illegally killing animals; each time he has claimed that he was lied to by the local guides who took him out hunting. Most recently (he has been punished for illegally killing animals before), …show more content…
~Plato” (Quotations on Medical Subjects 1). When Plato said this, he was explaining the idea that there are doctors and physicians (who deal with the body) and there are psychologists and psychiatrists (who deal with the soul or mind) in order to have one or in order for one to complete their jobs they each must use the other’s idea(s). As a doctor/physician, when you are helping someone or you are prescribing them medication you must keep in mind that you have ethical responsibilities and must keep in mind that not only are you helping people physically but you may be dealing with their emotions. This means that as you are seeing patients or talking to your patients you must watch what you say so that you do not unintentionally cross over boundaries the patient has set. The opposite is also true for psychiatrists, this is because they are able to prescribe medicine to the patient to help them. Before doing this they must talk with the patient and try to understand how their mind a soul works before they use the medical aspects that they have learned to try and further help them. So as Plato said without doctors for the body there would not be any doctors for the soul, and the opposite is also true. When Plato stated this, ethics had not been as nearly apparent as they are today; nowadays, the idea of ethics is everywhere and it does protect people more than they had years ago. This means that although everyone is allowed to have their own opinions and ways of doing things the groups/boards of people who wrote the ethical laws are really just trying to bring everyone together and make professionals work alongside one another to achieve a greater goal, this goal being that we a species are trying to survive longer and live with less illnesses and