Hippocratic Oath

In a discussion about the Hippocratic Oath (“the Oath”), we consider the opposing perspectives presented by Robert Veatch in The Basics of Bioethics and Daniel Sokol, a medical ethicist who authored the BBC article, A guide to the Hippocratic oath. In this essay, we answer the question of whether the Oath is relevant as a universal code of ethics for today’s physicians. I argue that the Hippocratic Oath does not appear to be relevant to modern medical practice because 1) its philosophical basis…

privileges are required to be allowed to perform abortions. These privileges allow physicians to be exempt from their ethical principles to perform these procedures (“Preface to ‘Can Abortion Be Morally Justifies?’”). Abortion does not violate the Hippocratic Oath because they are still following the necessary measures to help their…

It takes a lot to fathom the events happening between police and people of color. As the author of article stated, “to fully understand the people and the events we must use science and develop a sociological imagination.” Looking at the pieces of social and historical evidence all is required to fully understand the whole picture of why this event was an effect of a much deeper cause. The most important to me is the expanding U.S. inequality and the war on drugs. Palmer described the expanding…

In this trial, the question the court is being asked to answer is whether Alex Cooper was responsible for his own injuries. Throughout this trial, the law applied was negligence. Negligence is broken down into four parts: duty, breach, causation, and damages. Due to the nature of this trial as a civil suit, the plaintiff had the burden of proof, meaning the burden to prove by the greater weight of the credible evidence. On the night of October 5, 2012, Taylor Hamilton was driving his mother’s…

amendment states that a person has the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. Meaning that the people are protected from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government while it does not guarantee against…

In 1804, he implemented Code Napoleon, officially know as the civil code of 1804. This code provided for a single legal system for France, equality before the law and careers open to talent. It also granted freedom of religion, abolished serfdom and secularized the state. However, on the less liberal side of the spectrum, workers were denied collective bargaining (Negotiation between workers and their employers to determine wages, hours, rules, and working conditions.), trade unions were…

defend the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of this state and that I will discharge the duties of my office with fidelity” (Law Enforcement). This is the official oath that all police officers take in the state of Utah. Officers around the country also take similar oaths before they can serve. The oath should be taken very seriously and every officer should fervently try to uphold it. Police officers face critical life and death situations every day. In their daily duties…

heavy trusted and needed. I’m going to be talking about how some of the witnesses are not reliable and that we need to fix how we pick them and trust them. My first point is that witnesses have all the trust, by just holding the bible and swearing an oath, people can still lie. My second argument is that that they just have way too much power in the court. My last subject on this is Misidentification which is the most common way witnesses can be unreliable. First I have the point that witnesses…

Love’s Labor’s Lost (1598) by William Shakespeare shows a humorous “battle of the sexes” among members of the aristocracy. The women and men are playing the same game and both stand to lose pride; even still, the women are presented as more mature in the fact that they recognize the game for what it is. This game is not altogether without serious undertones, either, as both men and women show an inability to properly communicate. As for how serious this “battle” is, the characters seemingly do…

federal government should prohibit using a religious document in Oath of Office ceremonies because the Officials taking the oath are affirming to protect the laws of our country, not of their religion, their use of these documents does not pass the lemon test, and because America is not a religious nation. Introduction II. Attention Getter] On January 20th, 2013 the current President of the United States, Barack Obama, took his second oath of office. A. With his right hand raised, and his left…