Ethical theories

behaviours transpire. Analyzing Sigmund Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory with respect to his stages of psychosexual development, while also drawing on aspects of Alfred Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory is necessary to assess Myra’s personality impediments. Thus, an evaluation of two relevant theories in the field of personality psychology will lay the framework to explain Myra’s peculiar behaviour. Understanding Psychoanalytic Theory and Freud’s theory of Psychosexual Development While Freud’s…

is easy to make the decision to take peoples money without guaranteeing them safety. An example of a positive ethical decision occurred when Krakauer let the twenty climbers pass before he declined. He was low on oxygen, but he still let them go ahead of him which showed positive morals. Moreover, it is an example of a utilitarian theory because it put society over himself. Another ethical example is when Krakauer offered…

By using three types of punishment to reduce crime and balance good over evil, to benefit society, and to add support to using the ethical theory of utilitarianism to evaluate legal punishment, utilitarianism supports deterrence by attaching a punishment to a crime, incapacitation by confining an offender for a certain amount of time, or rehabilitation by improving an offender’s character so he/she will be less likely to break the law (Murtagh, n.d.). Furthermore, deterrence can be divided it…

Capital Punishment and Ethical Theories. Many people in the United States have opposing views on Capital punishment, which is also known as the death penalty. The death penalty is the process in which, convicted criminals are executed by a governing authority. Many other countries have abolished capital punishment but the United States still allows for this to happen in certain states. The death penalty is used for most terrible crimes such as murder, treason, or espionage but mainly for murder…

Nursing is an ethical activity (Ellis, 2017). He explained that the principles and theories of ethics are one of the methods used to make a clinical decision. According to Singapore Nursing Board Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct (1999), nurses are expected to advocate in the best interest of the patients. Nurses engage in daily activities with the intention of the right practices however, there are times where nurses are put in a dilemma where their ethics come into question (Ellis, 2017)…

presented that human mind creates decision based on human experience in that reason is the morality source while the time and space forms human sensibility. Kant was able to create the Kantianism framework (Kantian ethics), which is a deontological ethical theory that is premised on Enlightenment rationalism is the good provide the basis of the maxim or principle behind it is based on the moral law. In expanding his theoretical perspective, Kant points towards the categorical imperative that…

argue that “morality is a matter of duty” (Lacewing 1) and the ethical theory can often be described as “duty-based” or “obligation-based” due to the fact that we are driven by the moral duty to do right based on a moral norm (Turner 7). This ethical theory argues the consequence or justification is irrelevant and determines an action to be right or wrong based on the action itself alone. Deontology differs from its opposing ethical theory Consequentialism, by stating that “right takes priority…

This brings Immanuel Kant’s ethical theory of the Categorical Imperative, which is based on three rules. First, someone must refer to a maxim in everything he does and test if this maxim can be a universal law, in a way that everyone else agrees on it. Second, every human being is priceless and has ““value beyond price”, so no human could use another to accomplish a self-interested task.” (Woolsey, 2010). The third golden rule is to treat others as they want to be treated. (Wood, 2007). Focusing…

a moral society has never ceased. There are various ethical theories that would support abortion based on some arguments. The theory argues that the moral rightness is based on the total good the consequences of a certain activity (Sinnott-Armstrong, 1). According to the consequentialist ethical theory, a consequentialist would first enquire on the consequences allowing the abortion and not allowing abortion. The people who support this theory would want to know the action that would produce…

Once I read the assigned readings these are the four ethical ideas/theories I found interesting. Reading Six Kantian Ethics was founded by Immanuel Kant. According to Kant, nothing is completely "good" because it can always be associated to something bad. As the book said, whether it be “talents of the mind", "character" or "gifts of fortune" these "things in themselves", are not good. The only thing that can be called good is good will. Good will isn't good because of what it attains even…