Testing on prison in mates spending life in prison.
It is both morally and ethically wrong to conduct scientific research on prison in mates spending life in prison. In the following examination I shall underline and point out justifiable evident the will support the stance on this issue, as well as evidents that oppose this issue. Virtue Ethics and Deontology well be used in support of the argument for this issue and consequentialism will be used as the apposed support or this issue.
“An evil man does his duty because it coincides with his personal interests but a good man does his duty irrespective of his personal interests”- Immanuel Kant, The quote by Immanuel supports the topic issue. It is morally and ethically unjust to treat prisons …show more content…
Deontology is defined as an ethical theory that the morality of an action should be based on whether that action itself is right or wrong under a series of rules, rather than based on the consequences of the action (Your Dictionary, 2015). The government under The European Convention on Human Rights has a moral obligation to protect the lives of innocent AND the life of convicted felons. Prison staff carry those same duty’s to the prisoners, as they are burdened with the responsibility of the prisoner’s life. Allowing them to be subjected to torcher, infecting them with untested drugs can potentially kill them is not for fulling your morally obligations as well as your obligations by law. According to Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights: Everyone’s right to life shall be protected by law. (European Convention, 1990) Meaning EVREYONE whether a prisoner or not has the right to life. Article 3 of this act can be used to support this issue as it states: No one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. (European Convention, 1990) In addition to this point, The Prison Service, the Prison Governor, the Prison Director and all members of staff in a particular prison owe a duty of care to …show more content…
Virtue ethics, like its name suggests is about character virtues, otherwise known as the golden mean. “The golden mean represents a balance between extremes, i.e. vices. For example, courage is the middle between one extreme of deficiency (cowardness) and the other extreme of excess (recklessness). This doesn 't mean that the golden mean is the exact arithmetical middle between extremes, but that the middle depends on the situation. There is no universal middle that would apply to every situation (Golden Mean, 2007)”. It begs the question, “what would a virtuous person do?” Just like in deontology above previously, Article 3 of the Human rights European Convention states: No one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. (European Convention, 1990). A virtuous person would show, a sign of forgiveness, even though they are a prisoner serving life, they are still human beans and there lives should NOT be gambled with. Virtue ethics supports my thesis by stating that a virtuous person would show forgiveness, and not conduct morally unjust research on prisoners serving a life
It is both morally and ethically wrong to conduct scientific research on prison in mates spending life in prison. In the following examination I shall underline and point out justifiable evident the will support the stance on this issue, as well as evidents that oppose this issue. Virtue Ethics and Deontology well be used in support of the argument for this issue and consequentialism will be used as the apposed support or this issue.
“An evil man does his duty because it coincides with his personal interests but a good man does his duty irrespective of his personal interests”- Immanuel Kant, The quote by Immanuel supports the topic issue. It is morally and ethically unjust to treat prisons …show more content…
Deontology is defined as an ethical theory that the morality of an action should be based on whether that action itself is right or wrong under a series of rules, rather than based on the consequences of the action (Your Dictionary, 2015). The government under The European Convention on Human Rights has a moral obligation to protect the lives of innocent AND the life of convicted felons. Prison staff carry those same duty’s to the prisoners, as they are burdened with the responsibility of the prisoner’s life. Allowing them to be subjected to torcher, infecting them with untested drugs can potentially kill them is not for fulling your morally obligations as well as your obligations by law. According to Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights: Everyone’s right to life shall be protected by law. (European Convention, 1990) Meaning EVREYONE whether a prisoner or not has the right to life. Article 3 of this act can be used to support this issue as it states: No one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. (European Convention, 1990) In addition to this point, The Prison Service, the Prison Governor, the Prison Director and all members of staff in a particular prison owe a duty of care to …show more content…
Virtue ethics, like its name suggests is about character virtues, otherwise known as the golden mean. “The golden mean represents a balance between extremes, i.e. vices. For example, courage is the middle between one extreme of deficiency (cowardness) and the other extreme of excess (recklessness). This doesn 't mean that the golden mean is the exact arithmetical middle between extremes, but that the middle depends on the situation. There is no universal middle that would apply to every situation (Golden Mean, 2007)”. It begs the question, “what would a virtuous person do?” Just like in deontology above previously, Article 3 of the Human rights European Convention states: No one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. (European Convention, 1990). A virtuous person would show, a sign of forgiveness, even though they are a prisoner serving life, they are still human beans and there lives should NOT be gambled with. Virtue ethics supports my thesis by stating that a virtuous person would show forgiveness, and not conduct morally unjust research on prisoners serving a life