Moral relativism

Should people embrace euthanasia as one of the methods of inducing one to a “merciful death?” There are several reasons why people would argue for and against euthanasia. The process of inducing somebody to death can seem unimaginable but it is emerging as one of the most preferred mode for death particularly for patients with terminal illnesses and whose chances of survival are very low. Terminal illnesses take a great toll on the health of a person, and this presents with signs such as…

Bias in History: Analogies of Witch Hunts and McCarthyism Going through high school in my small hometown, I would always hear about McCarthyism, or the Second Red Scare, in a poor context. One common analogy I heard was connecting McCarthyism to the witch hunts that I would hear about from the medieval period. This shows a bias has been developed against the topic and is now ingrained into society. To examine this topic I looked at sources involving both McCarthyism and the witch hunts. While…

I in this discussion post would like to discuss the externalities, meaning the uncompensated impact of one person’s actions on the well-being of a third party, presented and disregarded in the news in connection to the construction of a stadium in Las Vegas. In addition, I would also like to discuss if the stated assumptions of the positive externalities are correct or not. I will be taking articles from other new sources that will not be clearly directed at the Las Vegas stadium, but stadiums…

against them if they so choose to stand up for their cause against society or the state. In Sophocles 's play Antigone, the king of Thebes, Creon (a symbol of the state), gives punishment to Antigone for burying Polyneices, which she believed was the moral thing to do. “That is what they say, and our good Creon is coming here to announce it publicly; and the penalty -stoning to death in the public square,” said Antigone in Sophocles’ play Antigone in lines 23-25. And in line 31, Antigone says:…

or wrong. The purpose of normative ethics is to help guide society on how humans ought to act. These theories provide justifiable and reliable outcomes to determine if an action is moral or immoral. Two principles that play a significant role in normative ethics are consequentialism and Kantianism. When faced with a moral dilemma, these theories may agree or conflict with one another. To fully understand how normative principles, justify morality, they must be broken down. We will begin with…

Describe two (2) ethical principles in conflict for the RN in the scenario. Ethical Conflict arises when an individual is confronted with a general belief system about morality, ethics or justice and their situation. Ethical dilemma, " usually involves a conflict of one individual right with those of another, conflict of one particular obligation with the right another or combined conflict of one group obligations and rights with those of another group."(Catalano, 2015,p.123). The important…

researching ethics for this essay, I realized that there is a significant distinction between ethics and morality. These were two things that I had considered one and the same. However, ethics is “the discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation” (Merriam-Webster.com, n.d.). Morality is “conformity to ideals of right human conduct” (Merrian-Webster.com, n.d.). Utilizing the word conformity to define morality seems to present an opposition to ethics, in that…

and ‘morally wrong’ of the action that is occurring and is than determined by the rate of good to bad that a given action would make. Nonconsequential principles focus on the task being done rather than right or wrong. Ethical theories lead to what moral outcomes should be. However, we will see later my belief on which theory is the best way to know right from wrong.…

We are defined by the decisions we make in life. How do we know if the choices we make are right or wrong? Loyalty syndrome is an ethical trap where you make decisions based on respect and/or loyalty to an individual, unit, or organization etc. rather than on military rules, regulations, and codes of conduct (Mod 6). I find that loyalty syndrome is important to me because I believe a leader should treat everyone fairly and equally not matter the relationship you have with your personnel. I am…

Utilitarianism is a theory based on the principle that actions are right and moral when they promote happiness, but wrong when they create the opposite. This means that even though one has goodwill he might still be creating sadness. Good will is not enough to be moral, any action based on good will must result in happiness. Typically, when we think of an action caused by good will we think it’s going to cause happiness…