Virtue ethics

1. What do we mean when we say the word ethics? What are some sensitive ethical issues nurses are faced with today? According to Butts & Rich (2016), “Ethics is a branch of philosophy used to study ideal human behavior and ideal ways of being” (p. 4). Ethics is concerned with distinguishing between good and evil, and between right and wrong human actions. Some of sensitive ethical issues nurses are faced with today are breaking of bad news in a hospital setting, particularly to patients in…

attempting to forbid execution, on the grounds that it is torture. When one begins to consider this question philosophically, four views come to mind, which are: utilitarianism, Christian-principle based ethics, Kantian duty-based ethics, and virtue ethics. For the utilitarianist, they see ethics as providing the maximum good for the most people. In other words, if I have a person who is threatening an attack on civilians, and he is refusing to talk about the plan, I have several options. The…

Subsequent to Aristotle’s ancient centered view of ethics, that has a focal point of virtue ethics, which defined ethics in a person’s character development, and a broad picture of human life. Modern ethics emerged two-thousand years later. Modern ethics believes morality is based on the action a person takes rather than a person’s character. Overall, modern ethics give us two “act base theories” the Kantianism and Utilitarianism, both define ethics in a form of action. In this paper I will be…

application of ethical approaches to issues, controversies, theories, and ideas. It is in one’s nature to seek answers to questions which are asked. It is also in one’s nature to question and decide if an idea or ideal is right or wrong, but in the case of ethics; permissible or impermissible. In this text, we are going to use these terms as acceptable or permitted and vice-versa. In this essay, we will be analyzing the article, “A Defense of Abortion” by philosopher, Judith Jarvis Thompson. The…

Utilitarian Consequentialism basically surrounds itself based off the idea that an action can be evaluated in terms of pleasure and pain in causes. With Utilitarian it attempts to weigh out the options, in which they will arrive at a moral decision and the decision will be that will cause the least amount of pain possible but will have the happiest outcome in the end of it all. The utilitarian consequentialist viewpoint on human water is arguable to be valid because to be able to allow human…

Consequentialism is first to be considered when attempting to explain the issue of concern for this analysis. Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill were famous philosophers who advocated this theory in their own works. Consequentialism is grounded on the theory that rightness is based on the consequences of an act and not the act itself. This theory is in contrast to deontology, which focuses on acts and duties an individual strove to fulfill as determinates of rightness. For further…

There are twelve different versions of utilitarianism. Six versions of act utilitarianism and six versions of rule utilitarianism. Act utilitarianism is if a person’s act is morally right, but it is only right if it results/ produces the best possible outcome for that situation. While rule utilitarianism is that an action is right as long as it conforms to a rule which is for the greatest good. Generic utilitarians do not have set answer for what is intrinsically good or bad. They think that the…

Explain and examine the ethical theory of Utilitarianism. Engage with one current moral issue from the perspective of Utilitarianism by Eleanor Hanley Utilitarianism is a noun. The doctrine that the right course of action is the one that will lead to the greatest happiness of the greatest number of people. Jeremy Bentham, who was an English Philosopher was the founder of the word Utilitarianism. The word Utilitarianism originates back to 1820 – 1830. Utilitarianism is an attempt to provide an…

In his article “A Critique of Utilitarianism”, Bernard Williams attempts to dismantle utilitarianism completely but refuting the fundamental principles of which it stands on. According to Williams, Utilitarianism requires the abandonment of moral integrity and allows negative responsibility to have much more weight than it should. In order to fully understand all aspects of this dispute, a brief explanation of utilitarianism must be laid out. It is then that we are able to look at Williams’…

1. Has information technology created any new ethical opportunities? Yes, information technology has created ethical opportunities. One of such is Sweetie created by Terre des Hommes Netherlands. It is used by the organization to notify the public about how frequently the children in rural countries are being victimized. The group claimed that it has turned over the identities of the perpetrators willing to pay for sex with Sweetie over to the law. Consider each of the “candidate ethical…