Core issues in ethics

After witnessing the murder of Dr. Robinson Tom and Huck oath that they will never tell anyone. Tom gets put in a situation that could be life changing. He is stuck in a battle with his conscience and doesn't know if he should tell or not. Even though he doesn’t want to lose a friend he should tell because it will keep him at rest with his conscience, he will save an innocent man, and keep a dangerous man off the street. Keeping at rest with your conscience will help his health tremendously.…

Goodness, Altruism, and the Literary Imagination The Evil in our World 1) “Evil has a blockbuster audience, goodness lurks backstage. Evil has vivid speech, and goodness bites its tongue.” During her speech, Morrison elaborates on compelling goodness is while saying how easy it is being bad than it is being good. What I found interesting about this quote is that it is actually true on how people today find it easy to be evil and how difficult it is being good even though the good guys win in…

The central ethical issue is whether it would be morally permissible to euthanize a patient if consent is given. Indeed, there are situations in which it would be morally permissible to euthanize a patient as long consent is given. Euthanasia is either “directly or indirectly bringing about the death of another person for that person’s sake”(626). To put it another way, the patient end result is death from a physician or a nurse. Furthermore, there are several types of euthanasia: the euthanasia…

Active Euthanasia Active euthanasia: The active acceleration of a "good" death by use of medications, whether by oneself or with the aid of a doctor ("Definition of active," 2013). Active euthanasia has been a controversial topic for decades. Both the pro side and the con side of the topic have valid moral and ethical points. I am a very firm believer that everyone has the right to their own body and I 100% support the right to privacy. However, I find myself to be torn between the ideas that…

Freedom or Indulgent? Brooke Rohlfing Ethics as an Introduction to Philosophy December 1, 2014 My thesis is that Cephalus is correct when he says that it is better to be free from bodily desires than to indulge them. The term free refers to acting as one chooses without being restrained by an authority figure. A bodily desire is defined as a want taking control of a person’s body. Indulge means to give into desires in an overly disproportionate way. Cephalus’ best argument for…

On Courage Rachel Schreier Dr. Rachel Schreier is a psychology scholar and practitioner who divides her time between training and consulting, clinical practice, and scholarly writing and research. She works with both adults and adolescent clients with a variety of emotional, behavioral, and adjustment problems such as depression, stress and anxiety. She has much experience with a multitude of patients. What is courage? Is courage being yourself when you’re different from everyone else? Is it…

In Article 2, Aquinas answers the question on whether man’s happiness consists in honors. It starts of with an objection that it would seem that man’s happiness consists in honors because with honor, virtue is rewarded. Aquinas disagrees and states that honor is not in the honored man, but the person who honors. Also, the people who respect the person honored is the one who gives honor so happiness cannot consist in honor. Honor is given with some excellence in the person. This is not related to…

they would like to end their suffering. Moments like these are bitter sweet for the family, friends, and the patient. Although there are a few cons, like it is against certain religions and beliefs. But if it does not follow along with the patient’s ethics and beliefs, than it will not have that big of an effect on them. The only effect it would have on them would be if the victim had a friend who belief or religion is against it and try to tell the victim not to do…

The Good and Evil in Our Life People can identity the difference between good and evil based on their nature. According to Samuel Johnson, education gives us the power to discern or see the good from the bad, and to “prefer” the good. We can see that a good person would volunteer with nonprofit organizations, donate money to charity, stand up for others, and help people without expectations. While an evil person would murder people for their possessions, hurt people, tell lies, take…

The best Way to Deal with Terrorists Is it really necessary to torture or make people suffer just to get stuff that we need from them? After reading “The Case for Torture” by Dr. Michael Levin, I disagree with torturing terrorists to gain information. I am totally against with torture or punish terrorists because first, most terrorists are forced to act in the way they do, they have no power over their actions. Secondly, it is possible to transform the bad feelings inside them to a good one, I…