My Ethical System
Each of us has an ethical system which we put into use in everyday situations. Many of us probably use this ethical system without even realizing we are applying it to our daily lives. As a Christian, my system “will tend to be more deontologically oriented because of the emphasis in Christian ethics on the command of God as moral absolutes and guiding principles” (Rae, 2009, p. 17). As circumstances arise in my life, I want to follow and emulate the character traits of Christ when resolving issues, especially ones which involve ethics. My paper will discuss which of the seven ethical systems of Rae’s is closest to mine, which ethical system is furthest from mine and how I approached an ethical dilemma when clashing ethical systems were in play.
In my life, I have generally moved along and approached situations based on right or wrong, and a sense of fairness and duty. According to Rae, the ethical system, which is closest to mine, would be defined as a Deontological system. A Deontological system of …show more content…
He was an ethical egoist, which of course, clashed with my deontological ethics system. He made me quite uncomfortable by trying to pressure me into having a medical procedure, which was not medically necessary or needed in my particular situation. It appeared that my autonomy was conflicting with his personal bias towards what would be easiest, convenient and most profitable for him. The medical procedure should have been based on what was in my best interest, not his. He was motivated by ethical egoism, serving his own interests, such as profitability and throughput, rather than my concerns and wishes. After leaving my appointment with this particular doctor, I made appointment with another doctor and my concerns were immediately validated by the second opinion, I sought, proving the first physician clearly had a
Each of us has an ethical system which we put into use in everyday situations. Many of us probably use this ethical system without even realizing we are applying it to our daily lives. As a Christian, my system “will tend to be more deontologically oriented because of the emphasis in Christian ethics on the command of God as moral absolutes and guiding principles” (Rae, 2009, p. 17). As circumstances arise in my life, I want to follow and emulate the character traits of Christ when resolving issues, especially ones which involve ethics. My paper will discuss which of the seven ethical systems of Rae’s is closest to mine, which ethical system is furthest from mine and how I approached an ethical dilemma when clashing ethical systems were in play.
In my life, I have generally moved along and approached situations based on right or wrong, and a sense of fairness and duty. According to Rae, the ethical system, which is closest to mine, would be defined as a Deontological system. A Deontological system of …show more content…
He was an ethical egoist, which of course, clashed with my deontological ethics system. He made me quite uncomfortable by trying to pressure me into having a medical procedure, which was not medically necessary or needed in my particular situation. It appeared that my autonomy was conflicting with his personal bias towards what would be easiest, convenient and most profitable for him. The medical procedure should have been based on what was in my best interest, not his. He was motivated by ethical egoism, serving his own interests, such as profitability and throughput, rather than my concerns and wishes. After leaving my appointment with this particular doctor, I made appointment with another doctor and my concerns were immediately validated by the second opinion, I sought, proving the first physician clearly had a