Obligation

2.2) Ethical obligations VS Legal obligations Therapists/counsellors often times practice in private with little oversight. And so the counsellors must seek additional training, education and supervision to uphold the trust given to them by the public. Ethical standards are mostly devised by an organisation to usher the behaviour of certain professionals in specific directions. Laws however are more dictatorial than ethical standards set by an organisation carry much greater penalties if they…

This question focuses on how other peoples’ action and inaction affects one’s obligation. In this essay I will explore the consequences of both inconveniencing yourself with picking up the litter along with the leaving it on the beach. This scenario postulates over collective responsibility and whether one person’s individual actions make a difference to the overall outcome. I will argue from the stance that one is obliged to pick up the litter, regardless of others’ inactions as each of us…

Another obligation of health care workers under discussion is isolating themselves if they suspect themselves of being infected even if it is not definite. In other words, they have the duty to isolate patients and also are obligated to isolate themselves when needed. In the front line, heath care workers have the closest contact with Ebola patients and they account for about 10% of the current Ebola patients number through contact without correct infection control precautions and inadequate…

If I were a virtue ethicist my actions wouldn’t necessarily be out of decision. Making a decision may lead to an obligation or duty, as a virtue ethicist I have no obligation to perform a good, or just actions. As Aristotle states, “He seeks and choses the mean, not the absolute mean, but the mean considered relevant to ourselves.” Meaning that I’d simply act out of habit and choose the mean between deficiency and excess. An example would be if I were given the opportunity to help someone on a…

Odysseus any further and tells him to leave as he has no reason to help Odysseus, who must have been cursed by the gods. Although the Greeks are bound by the laws of Zeus, which requires them to provide hospitality to their friends, they had no obligation to repeatedly help those that experienced misfortune, as the host could not fix the guest’s problems, and the guest could not help the host. After Odysseus explains why he has returned, Aiolos replies, “Take yourself out of this island,…

The crisis in 2005 was caused from home mortgage, which was financed with mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and collateralized debt obligations (CDO). According to The Big Short, all main characters proposed several banks to purchase credit default swap which are a financial derivative against a default in mortgage-backed securities (MBS). The mortgage-backed securities are a huge collective…

We must understand the code of ethics which tells us that a therapists have a duty to keep secret any knowledge obtained in the exercise of their profession. From a legal perspective, which is intended to protect the confidentiality obligation is the right to privacy regarding private information that an individual receives from another depending on the exercise of their profession. Confidentiality refers to an established relationship on faith or trust. Speaking of confidentiality and…

The term Duty of Care is a legal term from tort law where a person is under obligation to act towards others with proper caution to prevent injury or harm. Where a reasonable standard of care was not followed and injury or harm resulted the person is considered to have been negligent and a lawsuit against them can be filed with a claim for any losses or damages that were incurred. This is an important aspect of being a teacher, and the professional responsibility that goes with it. What this…

ethical codes respected by journalists, the broader application of ethics theories, and the specific actions of the parties involved, the Sentinel not only had a duty in obtaining the autopsy photos in order to verify NASCAR’s conclusion, but a moral obligation to do so for the public.…

familial obligations and obligations to the city-state and gods when they come into conflict. The choices the characters make in these conflicts reveals what the characters value the most, Agamemnon’s decision to sacrifice his daughter in order to be able to wage war shows that Agamemnon is serious about his role as a king, so much so that his obligation to his family takes a backseat to his role as a king. Characters in The Iliad didn’t have to worry about conflict between obligations to family…