Descriptive ethics

Generally, this can be framed with the question “What would a virtuous person do?”, applied to Biomedical Ethics we arrive at questions such as “What would a good doctor do?”. The prototypical view of Virtue Ethics is presented by the ancient greeks, in particular Aristotle. As described by Aristotle, we call a “virtue” some particular character trait and that these traits are developed over time through intentional…

In Nisccomachean Ethics Book VII, Aristotle argues that there are three types of friendships; that being, utility, pleasure and goodness. Goodness, encompasses both utility and pleasure and only exists when both people involved admire each other’s goodness over a long period of time; this sort of friendship is very rare. According to Aristotle friendship is either “a virtue or implies virtue,” if there is something loveable in a person, “for not everything seems to be loved but only the lovable…

CONCEPTS OF NURSING ETHICS 6.0 INTRODUCTION/IDENTIFICATION OF CONCEPT Ethics is concerned with right or wrong. Accepting on what is right can be challenging. At the core of health care ethics are our beliefs about rights we possess and the duties we owe our patients and clients. It is important health care professionals understand the concepts of ethics as it is essential to the delivery of skilled professional care. To apply it to health, health care ethics or medical ethics is a set of moral…

Natasha The War on Morality Morality is defined as principles concerning the line between right and wrong, or good and bad. Ethics is defined as moral guidelines that govern a person's actions. Morality and ethics are often suspended in war time. This fact is demonstrated by the massive amount of civilian casualties that wars seem to carry as well as, the destruction of homes and land. But why would such a thing occur. After all, wars are fought by humans who have the capacity for compassion.…

Even though Harman provides a plethora of moral diversity examples to support his defense on moral relativism, a mistake already persists in his claim for defending it. Harman claims that all moral right and wrong are always relative to a choice of moral framework. This claim proposes an absolute moral standard. It is illogical for one to propose a relativist’s claim by using an absolute moral standard. Therefore, the relativist’s claim is illogical. To add on to this argument for endorsing an…

Introduction In philosophy, selfishness is the hypothesis that one's self is, or ought to be, the inspiration and the objective of one's own activity. Egoism has two variations, descriptive or normative . The descriptive (or positive) variation imagines selfishness as a real depiction of human issues. That is, people are roused by their own advantages and cravings, and they can't be depicted something else. The normative variation recommends that people ought to be so spurred, paying little…

Ethics in Privacy and Confidentiality Research and marketing companies have the right to collect information form participants in surveys and other research practices. Marketing research companies must ensure that they follow all participant privacy and confidentiality rules. Marketing research companies have the responsibility to the participants to protect their identity and protect them from any third party companies looking to obtain personal information for the purpose of direct…

This means the holiday cancellation which the company requested would have negative effects on Borries social life. There is another dilemma created by Borries by accepting to cancel his trip to work on the advertisement project from the client. At the workplace, Borries was criticised by fellow employees for refusing to take his trip. Some termed him as a coward stating he would have refused to work on the project and proceed on his holiday. Others saw Borries’ act as one that would affect…

Ethics is a set of moral principle to help people to figure out what action is right or wrong. Business ethics is every single company or business need to involved especially any business want to successful, it is a set of regulation about how a business conduct themselves legally and humanely. Moral dilemma is a problem that we need to solve usually in daily live, it means a situation has two options need to make a choice either one. Ethical theory has separate into two section there are…

The thesis focuses on the Expressivism and Aristotelian argumentation of Alasdair MacIntyre’s Ethics in the Conflict of Modernity. Throughout my academic career I have delved into various aspects of philosophical, political, and religious teaching all of which have encompassed ideals of theistic ethics. Today, I will present a claim conceived by Alasadair MacIntyre in his book Ethics in the Conflict of Modernity. I will use the other philosophers as the occasion arises as I provide support for…