Aristotelian ethics

Taking a Stand on an Ethical Dilemma Moral conduct and the principles that guide the actions of a person in regards to what is right and what is wrong is called ethics (Marquis & Huston, 2012). Moral distress is an issue that affects all areas of a healthcare organization (Wilson, Goettemoeller, Bevan & McCord, 2013). “Nursing is the moral center of healthcare and provides the true image and inspiration of ethical care and compassion” (Edmonson, 2010, para. 1). As a nursing leader in a…

Bioethics is a field that relates to a plethora of careers. My major is psychology, and the ethics and morals of psychologists are crucial to conducting experiments and treating patients. The Bioethics Honors Program at Tuskegee University would provide me with the necessary tools and information to advance in my future career without harming the wellbeing of another person. Psychology has always been an interesting topic to me. The intricacies of the brain and how society affects behavior is…

The culture of this agency is fundamentally broken and corrupt. Abject wastefulness, nepotism, and dishonesty run rampant within this organization. Both ethical and legal codes of public service are systematically ignored. Moreover, upper management is at best apathetic to the destructive aspects of the organizational culture. Jenny, a new employee is shocked and appalled by both a lack of ethical standards and accountability within the agency. She finds the content of her work fulfilling but is…

Thiroux & Krasemann, authors of Ethics: Theory and Practice, assert that the Divine Command Theory requires that “in order to be moral, then, human beings must follow the commands and prohibitions of such a being or beings to the letter without concerning themselves with consequences,…

ethical principles fit in to these arguments, the consequences it has on the health care professionals, along with my opinion on this issue. Summary of Major Ethical Positions In the case of Gross, who says yes that military necessity overrides medical ethics he argues that…

Within this paper, I will defend a side of the Euthyphro’s Dilemma. A classic question that is directed towards religious people and beliefs, that asks where is the source of morality? Is something moral because God commands it or does God commands something moral because it is good? I believe what is morally good is for a fact of God commands it to be so; anything may be considered moral, but we as humans don’t have the power to decide whether something is moral or not. Thus giving sovereignty…

In this paper, I am going to analyze the theories and claims about human nature created by Frans De Waal and Thomas Huxley as presented by the assigned textbook, reading packet, and class discussions. I will examine both ideas of the human condition through elements of observation to raise questions and thoroughly understand the viewpoints of De Waal and Huxley. I will then state that Huxley proposes a more convincing claim of the human condition and explain why I feel so. My conclusion is that…

Self Esteem Final As a child, do you remember having a favorite television show? Or perhaps you had a precious toy that you took everywhere? You may have even had a favorite celebrity that you strived to be like when you grew up. Do you ever wonder if what you enjoyed through adolescence had an effect on who you are today? For example, do you remember Barbie? That name is something that is engrained in our minds. Barbie was a doll who many young girls strived to be. Why wouldn’t they? She is…

Society has different ethical values. What one person or group thinks might be right, others may believe is wrong. Ethics varies in the kind of situation it is in. It may present itself in a situation where someone is selfless enough to help someone else without the expectation of receiving something in return. In a life or death setting, ethical values can also play a key part. It is what justifies good or bad doings. Not everyone is likely to have the same point of view in a certain…

Blaise Pascal’s basic belief was that all people have to just take a 50/50 wager for the existence of God. His claim comes from his belief that there is no reasonable way to support either side of the argument about the existence of God. Although Blaise Pascal was a brilliant French philosopher, mathematician and physicist, his claim that there is no creditable evidence to support a reasonable belief about God is not completely correct. It is just an easy way to completely avoid an intelligent…