Moral Dilemmas of Virtue Ethics Essay

2008). Specifically, Martin (2000, pg. 144) defines Utilitarianism as “the view that we should always produce the most good for the most people.” Using this definition, one could say that Utilitarianism is more altruistic in nature than the other moral theories. The United States (whatever your political…

Care Ethics is a combination of virtue and role ethics that promotes the importance of relationships, especially those that are interpersonal, that give guidance to living a moral life. In Care Ethics, a moral person is one who gives care to those that are dependent because caregiving involves some sort of sacrifice. There has to be a balance so that it does not interfere with self-care. For example, Gilligan says that a “moral person is one who helps others; goodness is service, meeting one’s…

This essay will outline and discuss the moral theories of three philosophers to explain how each theory can be applied to health care. There are three main ethical theories developed in the western world that examine the value of conduct on how a good life could be managed, these are, Aristotelianism, Deontology and utilitarianism. Aristotle’s theory is focused on deciding what the good (moral) life is and how the development of a good life can be established. He used a scientific approach to do…

I realise upon reflection of my decision in the ethical dilemma we were presented with, that my moral commitments are generally that of a virtue theorist’s. My course of action, firing Mr Lawlor, but keeping him on as a student member, has not change since my original decision. I tried to act in the most just and fair way possible and reflect the characteristics of a virtuous person in myself. I placed these virtues onto Mr Lawlor, to see if he was guilty of not being ‘a good person’.…

deontological ethics as defined in the book. Furthermore, if we decided to keep selling the product as is which was a lower speed. We would fall into ethical trap of conformity with all of our employees to continue on the same way. This would damage the moral ethics of all my employees which would results in either lower production or lower quality of…

Aristotle claims that “one gets far more out of giving than receiving”; therefore, the truly self-serving person gives of him/herself to others. To be self-serving, one must make virtuous decisions. One must first love oneself (in a self-serving manner) before one can truly love another; a common example of this is Scrooge. Once he loved himself, he was able to help others and give to them just for the satisfaction of giving, and received so much more in return (the inherent reward of giving…

and non-ethical behavior. Hartman uses ethics, values, virtue, character, morality, coherence, community, and culture to build an argument towards hope on the question—“Can We Teach Character?”—through ethics courses. Taking into consideration Hartman’s arguments, definitions, and logic, I can agree that character cannot be taught, but can be shaped by choices and actions; it is up to the individual what community…

From this theory, the actions of human beings are moral if they are in accordance with the moral laws existing in nature (MacKinnon 58). The actions must be naturally acceptable to the universe and people pick up on the natural law from their surroundings. When acceptance of actions is universal, there is a reduction of biasness…

the moral worth of that action. I will demonstrate the differences between a person of Aristotelian virtue and a person who has Kantian moral worth in the following pages of this paper. I will also argue why Aristotle’s view is correct. The major differences between Aristotle and Kant are how they deem the reasons behind an action to have moral worth. Aristotle feels that virtue is key while Kant feels duty is used to determine if an action has moral worth. The backbone of Aristotelian virtue…

people make these decisions is called deontological ethics. There are multiple versions of this theory, but ultimately the definition is best explained by Alexander and Moore’s explanation: “deontology falls within the domain of moral theories that guide and assess our choices of what we ought to do, in contrast to virtue theories that—fundamentally, at least—guide and assess what…