Applied ethics

relevant to ethics because it drew discussion regarding the price they are willing to pay in terms of their privacy and liberty for the sake of security and national self-defense against aggression. Edward Snowden is a controversial figure in recent years due to his exposure of NSA civilian surveillance and leak of classified military information. Was Snowden engaged in ethical behavior? Using the frameworks of professional ethics, ethical philosophy, whistle blowing,…

Virtue ethics analyzes the general characteristics of the individual and whether or not the action is moral. Virtue ethics, for example, emphasizes both benevolence as well as honesty, and if one could argue that the NFL players kneeling during the anthem indicates benevolent and honest traits, then the action would be considered ethical according to virtue ethics. However, it is unclear whether the actions by the players are purely motivated by the desire to help others. Other motivations, for…

Aristotle’s Doctrine of the Mean can be found in his works referenced in the second book of his Nicomachean Ethics. Though the doctrine seems to be simplistic at face value, it’s complexity is quite intriguing. I believe that Aristotle’s Doctrine of the Mean doesn’t truly help us make particular moral decisions because of how vague it is. Yet, it guides us in our approach to the moral decisions at hand. The Doctrine of the mean is often referred to as the “Golden Mean.” The mean is a virtue…

Ethics in nursing deals with doing what’s right when faced with everyday problems. “Ethics is concerned with doing the right thing and with being a certain kind of person, in terms of conduct and character” (Marquis & Houston, 2015, P.71). For the most part, every profession has its own values and norms. With that said, the normative ethical theory is applied to guide ethical decision making. In this assignment, there will be a reflection on an ethical dilemma that has occur in my nursing career…

Code of Ethics An integral part of living is the choices that we face each day that shape our lives and create ourselves. We are constantly making moral decisions that reflect our own internal moral compass. Often times we are not aware of our personal moral values that drive our choices, and we may even be oblivious to the fact that the choices we are making have a moral component. Nevertheless, we all have many values that have been acquired over the course of our lives. Your values deal with…

Utilitarian John Mill Stuart applied a scientific model to morality with the goal of creating the maximum amount of goodness called the Greatest Happiness Principle. The Great Happiness Principle is the morally right action that causes the greatest overall amount of pleasure, happiness, or the least amount of suffering. This can be applied in general by using the Happiness Calculus. The Happiness Calculus measures how much pleasure and pain will be brought out of a given situation. An example…

His theory expands “On his view, human beings have “an intrinsic worth” or “dignity” that makes them valuable “above all price” (Rachels 137). Kant believes that humans are irreplaceable and animals cannot be applied to his theory. People have human desires that they can value, and animals do not; therefore, humans are more valuable. Everything in my life can apply to Kant’s theory. I believe it’s essential to regard people as well to promote respect and welfare…

Metaethics covers a broad range of ideas as it relates to ethics. However, the two most discussed would be a) is morality is a man-made concept and b) what our motivation is for making the “good” or ethically moral decision (Delapp, 2016). We can understand, that by doing the right thing is just the best thing…

divine command theory and virtue ethics. Divine command theory is “God said it, believe it, that settles it”. Virtue ethics says “The goal is to be a good person”. Both of these ethical views can back up how I feel about marijuana. They make good…

Health care ethics and laws are so important to me because it give us guidelines and builds our character. These ethics and laws reviewed in the paragraphs above are important to my profession because they are the structure that holds our health and medical system together. In this course I learned more about ethical…