Consequentialism

UMUC Family Clinic data flow with external healthcare organizations There are two important healthcare organizations that need to communicate and have data flow with UMUC Family Clinic. These organizations are pharmaceutical and insurance company. It is important for UMUC Family Clinic to communicate for instance with pharmaceutical organization because Dr. Martin will be sending electronic prescription on behalf of his patients to the pharmacist. The pharmacist will require some form of…

deontological moral theory. The latter stressed the absolute or “exceptionless” nature of moral rules, together with the irrelevance of consequences or feelings in the assessment of moral judgments. As a strong deontologist Kant opposed to all forms of consequentialism. He also opposed to any type of non-cognitivist in ethical theory, particularly the form advocated by the 18th century Scottish philosopher, David Hume, who view moral judgments as expressions of a special kind of “moral sense”…

Is abortion immoral? Abortion is a moral dilemma that many have debate for years and even though there are already decisive laws and regulations the philosophical discussion continues. Many ethical theories have used their beliefs to defend either a pro-life or pro-choice view, both sides bringing up logical arguments but all of the arguments have been disputed. In this essay I will approach the topic of abortion from three moral theories and from the either pro-life or pro-choice standpoint…

To what extent should a knower group judge the value of knowledge gained by others? “Without application in the world, the value of knowledge is greatly diminished,” is a claim that one could use to answer that knowledge question. However, some areas of knowledge rely more intensively on application than others, so the claim is much too oversimplified to fully answer the question. Knower groups in one area of knowledge may not agree with another group’s form of application or some groups may not…

state should have, and who should be able to rule. In this paper, I will focus on the Utilitarian argument for the state, a popular objection to Utilitarianism, and my own response as to why this objection is valid. Utilitarianism, a form of consequentialism formulated…

Most people would agree that murder is wrong. Most people would also agree that pedophilia is wrong. When it comes to the case of virtual murder and virtual pedophilia, people’s opinions tend to change. The general consensus is that virtual murder is morally permissible, as no one is actually harmed. However, even though no children are actually harmed, people view virtual pedophilia as morally impermissible. In The Gamer’s Dilemma, author Morgan Luck argues that “Unless such players [video…

Doing Ethics Question One a) Casually responsible for an event; this is where a person is involved indirectly to the experiences or sufferings of another person(s) without knowing that anything of the sort could happen. For example, the parents are responsible for providing moral guidance to their children. However, when children make mistakes the society passes the blame to parents, meaning that parents have not been taking preventive measures to stop their children from committing undesirable…

Virtue ethics- This theory stems from the works of Plato and Aristotle. According to virtue ethics, morality is rooted in the character of an individual rather than from the actions that one performs and the resulting consequences. Virtue ethics begs the question, “what kind of person does one want to be known as?” The answers are almost always different because we are all unique individuals with different wants and priorities. Therefore, the more pertinent question to ask in this context is,…

1. The purposes of criminal punishment can simply be divided into two schools of thought: retributionists and preventionists. Identify, define, and discuss the several criminal law key term words that are associated with these two schools of thought and conclude with your opinion of which is the most effective.....or why all are concurrently effective. Be thorough since this is important concerning the purposes of punishment in a modern society. 1. Retributionists believes that the only way…

John Stuart Mill is a Consequentialist, and furthermore, a Utilitarian. Consequentialism is a category of ethical theories on moral action, meaning that the morality of actions are judged according to the consequences of them, and utilitarianism is a normative moral theory that falls into this category. For Mill, whether an act is morally right or not, depends on the pleasure and pain that lies in the consequences of that action. Mill writes Utilitarianism to explain the principles of…