Essays on Morality

Problems, And Change

Humans have various beliefs and ideas regarding numerous things. Its about our perception and how we feel things in every other manner. Humans have a unique way to evaluate and assess each other.There are various ways through which we can assess our natural identity and our natural perception about each other. One of the most common modes of beliefs is how we think and judge about our fellow human beings (Santiago, 2011)

It is genrally believed that humans are kind and are of good nature and moral character. We have a natural tendency to help each other out ...

1. Tell me whether each of the following statements is descriptive or normative, and briefly explain your answer: a. Genetic screening could reveal an individual's tolerance for or susceptibility to chemicals used in the workplace.

First of all, it is important to understand that normative statements explain about how things should be. Conversely, descriptive statements give an opinion about what an individual or persons think about a certain thing or phenomenon. In the case of this statement, it is a normative statement because it explains about how things in workplace should be. The statement advocates the idea that genetic ...

Ethical situations require that businesses make choices out of competing interests. It is in the best interests of businessmen to foster virtue oriented ethical mindset. The paper will explore various ethical virtues in business field. The paper proposes the argument that the development if a universal law governing business ethics is difficult. Realization of ethics thus depends on the virtues of the practitioners in the areas of businesses. Still, the paper fosters the argument that ethics is individual born, and depends mostly on how individuals respond to situations.

The exact meaning of ethics is hard to capture. What is “ ...

As I write this letter, I am full of content because it is yet another beautiful morning and as usual I have woken up early to catch the magnificent site of the sun rising. This always marks the beginning of my every day. Every day I wake up, look at the sun, take a quick shower and get dressed and I am off to school. School is one of the places I enjoy socializing with people. Here one gets the great chance of meeting people from all walks. It is also here where one ...

In regards to relativism and subjectivism we can establish that holding a moral belief is a subjective opinion, but using the divine command theory can lead us to the conclusion that morality has the possibility of objectivity. Opinions could be based on personal culture/folklore, family history, or media portrayal. Unless one can strip away all of these subjective opinion inducing factors, an individual’s specific morality cannot be objective and most likely won’t be relevant to a large amount of ethical situations. This bias obviously limits objectivity, since opinions are decided by a person’s background and social ...

In regards to Relativism and subjectivism we can establish that holding a moral belief is a subjective opinion, but using the divine command theory can lead us to the conclusion that morality has the possibility of objectivity. Opinions could be based on your culture/folklore, your parents/grandparents, TV/videogames, and unless you can strip away all of these subjective opinion inducing factors, your specific morality cannot be objective and it probably won’t be relevant to a large amount of ethical situations. This basis obviously limits objectivity, you’re opinions are decided by where you come from and who you’re ...

Immanuel Kant and Confucius

When it comes to what a human wants, will do and shall, there is no right answer. The comparison lies in what is good for whom. The possibilities differ on how a balance can happen. But where to start is valued in the moral code or an individual person.

Immanuel Kant knows a people cannot decide what is good for the individual. In fact, our conjoined morality is merely a “practical rule” (p4). It is practical to satisfy someone else, but to make it a “moral law” (p4) is unkind. Despite “rational agency” (p22), a law forbids and punishes ...

Part I

Ethics is the set of beliefs, ideas and guidelines as to what determines the behavior. It is the accepted code of conduct amongst a given group of persons/society. According to Paul and Elder (2), ethics is "a set of concepts and principles that guide us in determining what behavior helps or harms sentient creatures". It also describes of what is good, what is right and how one ought to know what to do. This study gives a description of the different prime theories on how they affect the human sexuality and marriage.

Ethical egoism is a theory based on ...

Morality can be narrowly described as the set of accepted conduct, beliefs and behavior of a society. Morality can, therefore, not exist in the absence of a society. A society is a group of people living in a given territory, united by common values, beliefs and purposes and or sharing a cultural, historical and religious background. This moral fabric is dynamic, evolving and organic in nature. However, societal morals have one thing in common, that is, they tend to emphasise on positive elements in strengthening the moral fabric. This common thread in societal morals is, however, under threat in ...

1. Comparing The Leadership Challenge and the Rosa Parks article

There are five essential practices of exemplary leadership, according to the Leadership Challenge. The first aspect of exemplary leadership is “model the way.” Parks modeled the way forward by non-violently but assertively refusing to give up her seat at the front of the bus and move to the back when the bus driver ordered her to, showing people what they could accomplish by using a simple word: “no.” The second practice is to inspire a shared vision, which Parks did as she was arrested. Her arrest sparked counter sit-ins, bus ...

1. Outline the categories of violence as described by Jamil Salmi.

According to Salmi, the phenomenon of violence has many characteristics, with particular causes per characteristic and with particular causational agents per cause. Violence also exists in several forms, including direct violence, indirect violence, repressive violence, and alienating violence.

Direct violence is characterized by any physical, in-person act causing intended harm. In this category would be included A) any act resulting in death (homicide, genocide, infanticide); and B) any “coercive or brutal” (Module 6, 44) at threatening or resulting in physical or psychological damage or suffering—including rape, spousal abuse, political imprisonment, for example.

Indirect violence is characterized by ...

Self respect has been defined by the Oxford advanced learners dictionary as “a feeling of pride in yourself that what you do, say, etc. is right and good”. Other sources give almost similar definitions of the term albeit using different wording. Self respect can also be defined as holding yourself in esteem and also believing that you are good and worthy of being treated well, according to the American Heritage Dictionary. From these definitions, we can gather that self respect is basically respect for one’s self, regard for ones character and taking responsibility for ones actions whether good ...

Abstract

Physician-assisted suicide is one of the most controversial topics in healthcare today. Some people consider it morally incorrect because it degrades the value of human life while others consider it better than suffering a painful death. However, the requests for assisted suicide are some of the most difficult moments for healthcare professionals. In many cases, ethical dilemmas about the power over life and death will prevent the physician from participating, but compassion and respect for the patients’ self-determination sometimes encourage physicians to discuss alternative, legal options with the patients. Some ethical frameworks and laws are against physician assisted suicide, ...

Justification is a defense raised where a defendant admits to committing the crime but states that circumstances justified their actions (Schmalleger et. al, 2010). This defense places focus on the character of the behavior in the circumstances. Essentially, it supposes conduct otherwise criminal to be legally acceptable and avert punishment. In simple terms, the defendant shows that in the circumstances they had no choice but to do the act which they have been called to answer to.

On the other hand, excuse is a defense raised where the defendant acknowledges committing the crime but states that they had no ...

- Explain the difference between ethics and morality.

Morality refers to a person’s personal set of principles which they adhere to as they conduct themselves each day. These morals may be the result of upbringing, religion, or other personal factors. Ethics also guide a person’s behavior and conduct, but come from a code of conduct prescribed by a larger organization or society. Thus, morals come from internal factors and ethics ...

Introduction

Peter Singer in his article “Famine, Affluence and Morality” gives a seemingly devastating critic on our ordinary way of thinking about famine, relief, charity, and morality in general. Despite his arguments, only a few people have accepted, or rather responded on the conclusions he derives. In line with these facts one might say of Singer’s arguments, as Hume claimed of Berkeley’s arguments on immaterialism, the “they admit of no answer and produce no conviction” (Hume, 1999). While my view on considerations presented by Singer shows that people should actually do more than other people do, they do ...

- Do you experience moral distress in your workplace?

I do experience moral distress at my workplace. Moral distress comes in many forms. As a nurse there are many things that put as in a position that challenges our conception of morality. One important thing to note is that our morality is shaped by key societal elements such as personal beliefs, culture, and religion. My nursing profession has often in some incidences where I have to deal with things that challenge what I believe in. For example, many patients use things such as cigars which may in some cases ...

Terrorism is essentially an inflammatory expression used in a pejorative manner to label various violent acts as morally blameworthy. Governments continually use this term to label individuals or groups that seemingly use violent means in a morally reprehensible manner. Terrorists are not necessarily bombers or killers such as suicide bombers as depicted in mainstream media but also entail people from numerous religious, political and cultural backgrounds. Terrorism typically involves violent acts performed against innocent people within societies, as well as other non-combatants within society (Christopher, 2004). Terrorism, however, does not involve acts of violence perpetrated against enemy combatants. As ...

Existence of God

In the general sphere of religion, there are many conflicting issues pertaining to existence of God. This is mainly caused by the different ways in which religious faiths interpret the existence of God. However some other aspects of the existence of God are universally accepted across the different religious faiths. Some of these aspects are: omnipresence, all powerful, the creator and the Supreme Being (www.existence-of-god.com, paragraph 3).

Looking at some basic facts that are evident across all these arguments, there is a universal acceptance that God has unknown origin to human knowledge. This fact is supported by the fact ...

Leadership and motivation is an essential element for every organization. This ensures proper co-ordination among organizational individuals, reliable communication system, proper usage of resources, and ample working environment. Good and motivational leadership, also, plays a key role in ensuring ample working environment. PLIS aids in assessing the principle of ethical leadership.

Perceived leadership integrity scale (PLIS)

PLIS identifies the behaviors that contribute to the impression of a leader’s integrity. The co-workers of a leader use the PLIS to measure the ethical behaviors that, when acted according to the rule, would produce a positive result. A low score on the PLIS indicates the co-worker’ ...

Virtue Ethics highlight the principle of a person’s character rather than some other factors when it comes to determining his moral value and philosophy. Basically, virtue ethics is a person-based ethics. It focuses on what type of person one should become and what kind of life a person should live with. According to virtue ethics, certain ideals that are only discovered through reflection, such as dedication and excellence, must be attained to whole-heartedly experience humanity. A person chooses to be morally good solely because it is innate in his character.

Virtue ethics speaks of an individual’s character ...

The article ‘Dark Side of Everest Awaits Climbers,’ by Brian Handwerk has its key focus on an ethical dilemma that has to face a climber at some point in the act of climbing the famous Mount Everest. This is the world’s tallest mountain. It is not easy to reach the top of the mountain. At the same time, all climbers who go beyond the height of 8000 meters have to face the difficulty of insufficient oxygen as well as several other health complications. On the other hand, reaching the summit of the Everest marks one of the greatest ...

In "Some Moral Minima," Lenn Goodman argues that there are certain things that are simply wrong. Do you think Goodman is right? Using specific examples, explore the challenges Goodman presents to relativism. Determine whether you think there are such universal moral requirements, and defend your answer in a well-argued three-page paper.

Lenn Goodman is correct that by modern legal and ethical standards, certain actions like murder, rape, genocide, wars of aggression, use of weapons of mass destruction, and slavery are always wrong. To be sure, they were widely practiced in the past and still exist in the present, but ...

Human life is governed by morals, ethics and principles, the basis of which we are not aware of still. We do know however that human life requires a set of ethics and codes in order to function in harmony with one another and thereby developed them over time. G.E. Moore (1912) explores the basis of the emotive theory, an analysis on whether our set of ethics and moral judgements are based only on feelings as is believed. In order to do so Moore (1912) explores the various grounds that our ethics can be based on.

If we look at ...

IT is a Christian vocation. However, the extent to which IT practices are exercised in a Christian way is largely dependent on the individual because, as with everything else, IT can be used both for the good and the bad, as explained in the following ethical theories of moral relativism, utilitarianism, deontology, and virtue ethics (Pojman & Fieser, 2008).

Moral Relativism

The theory of Moral Relativism does agree with IT as a Christian vocation. While Moral Relativism recognizes cultural differences, it can be considered that ...

In the international system, the state is considered as the most fundamental unit of governance. The realist argues that the state has the ability to make its own decision regarding the international system. As much as this concept might be true, the fact remains that the state today is faced with the challenge of balancing both domestic and international politics. This is because the world today has become interconnected such that there is no single nation that can operate on its own. Therefore, it is important to look at how leaders influence in shaping national institutions that have both ...

Question # 1:

The right to free expression is a very important thing in a society - many of society's or an individual's ends are met through this right. Mill states that "To have a right, then, is, I conceive, to have something which society ought to defend me in the possession of. If the objector goes on to ask, why it ought? I can give him no other reason than general utility" (Utilitarianism, 1861). As a result, it can be inferred that rights are generally useful to the individuals who receive them, including the right to freely express oneself.

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1. Marie de France’s “Bisclavret” is far more understated in its description of the werewolf than similar imagery in modern novels. One element of modern writing is an increased reliance on imagery rather than suggestion, and while the important element of “Bisclavret” is the theme rather than description, in modern works we tend to get both – consider the case of Professor Lupin from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. The focus in “Bisclavret” is on the treachery of the wife and the knight, and the rectitude of the former baron. The narration in “The Porter’s Tale” ...

In his book, Mere Christianity Lewis Clive Staples presents his personal understanding of Christianity. Written in four parts, Lewis uses the virtue of morality, the personality/character of Jesus and Christian beliefs, teachings and practices to give his arguments. By applying the law of morality as per the human nature, he argues that God exists. Secondly, he gives pernicious discernment about Jesus identification but argues that his positive character associates him with morality thus he is God. Besides his overall argument that Christianity lies in human nature Lewis enlightens the society on the major landmarks in Christianity as his main ...

Today modern society is accepting more and more homosexuals. However there are still people who are against these relationships. In the case at hand, two men are living together and obviously have s feelings for each other. I think they are moral. They do not hurt other people. The most interesting fact is that they are common people and the others around them didn’t even notice that there is something “wrong” with them. They look like heterosexuals and behave as such. But at home they are different. They do not want to demonstrate their feelings and show off. ...

Morality is one of the most contested, criticized and discussed issues all across the world, and this is especially based on the fact that it is one of the aspects in life that dates from as back as man became a civilized being. However, over centuries, there has been a lot of changes in the way morality is viewed, and through changes and evolutions such as the definition and drawing of moral lines between what is good and bad in the society, a lot has changed morality especially with the development of values, loosing of traditions and globalization. For ...

Abstract

This paper reports on ethics, ethical issues in the society branches of ethics and the role of ethics in the society. It goes ahead and narrows down on business ethics. This is done by defining what business ethics is giving concrete examples and showing how they affect the stakeholders in a given enterprise. Finally, it commends on various ways through which these issues can be curbed in order to arrive at a healthy business environment. According to Blackburn, S. (2001) The Term ethics refers to a branch of philosophy which studies morality -explaining what is right and wrong, justice ...

Non-conformity

“Too many people in the society conform to what the government says is right and moral, when the true meaning of right or moral comes from what each individual holds to be what is right” Henry David Thoreau. (Nina et al, 983) In this quote, David Thoreau acknowledges there are many things in the contemporary society that can change the character of an individual. Notably, people do not question directives from the government regardless of the morality or the correctness of the issue at hand. Thoreau states that people should examine the morality of an issue depending on what ...

In politics, one of the main problems found by most leaders or public servants is to weigh ends and means. Sometimes, even in the most homogeneous societies, where most people would tend to share a common view on what ends their government should pursue, people will often disagree on what policy should the government adopt to meet their demands. For example, many people would agree that poverty should not exist on this day and age. Some might say that the solution is to take part of the wealth of the richest portion of society, which would be discriminative and ...

In his definitions, Wolff accurately describes the concepts of the state, politics, political philosophy, power, authority, and autonomy. Wolff considers the state as a group of individuals with the supreme moral authority over a specified population. He accurately differentiates authority from power, and in my opinion, I concur with the fact that the state has authority over the citizens. Authority refers to the moral right to rule. However, according to Wolff’s argument, which I also consent to it, man’s autonomy assumes that the individual members of the state have the responsibility for their actions. Therefore, members of ...

Introduction

Raising a morally upright child is the dream of every parent. Parents tend to experience anxiety when their children fail to depict the expected morals. However, it is vital to consider the development state of children before supposing that their immoral behavior is a negative sign of their future. There are various theories of moral development such as Kohlberg and Gilligan theories, which explain the moral development in different stages. They help in understanding the stage in which the child is in and expect parents and other adults will develop reasonable expectations in order to guide the child toward ...

Introduction

Modern business operations are characterized by a number of factors, among them radical development, creativity and innovation. This is because of intensive competition in the markets. Every businessperson or organization aims at the best plans and formulas that will keep them in pace in business as none of them is ready to lose. Businesspersons are therefore, obligated to adjust themselves and their operations to remain relevant in the market. Some of these adjustments are measures taken by operators to deal with rising externalities in the business operations. One of the major factors that affect business operations is the concept ...

Resource allocation remains a challenge to nurses in their care delivery. Nurses need to allocate resource in consistency with the ethical and moral requirements. They should ensure quality delivery of care taking respect for the individual patients. The allocation of resources in most cases presents the nurses with ethical dilemmas (Nursingworld.org, 2014). The dilemmas lead to conflict between moral obligations of the profession and moral obligations of their practice. Competent nurses need to have the skills in the allocation of resources because this ensures the success of healthcare delivery. Ethical principles exist in nursing to help the nurses make ...

What Is Meant By The Ethics Of Care?

Ethics of care is to offer assistance to Social Service Workers and help promote excellence in their duties and responsibilities. Professional standards as well as ethical standards have been set and approved and will work in conjunction with their professional judgment and any applicable legislation. It is true that every profession carries variations in approaches and the members should know how to response to the demands of a particular situation. The objective of this paper is to look into the different perspectives and criticisms as well as how it is related to the concept like dignity. Ethics of care ...

Religion has been seen as disempowered and in decrease in the cutting edge world, its implications no more applicable inside the overwhelming mainstream perspective and institutional temples losing control of social life to common bodies (i.e., secularization, privatization). However religion (or secularization) may not be so static or bound together a marvel as awhile ago thought (this may be an outcome of advanced Western inclination, as, for instance, Talal Asad contends; of the (liberal) separation of social order, dividing the religious and the common, characterizing the previous as bound together conventions concerned with profound, private convictions, not handy, open ...

Media Ethics

The integration of the electronic media has affected our daily life globally. Tools applying in the electronic media offer a mechanism to communicate effectively without the limitations of geographical distances. Electronic media enables interactions between different cultures worldwide. Web based forums such as YouTube enable users to interact online and share information. It is crucial to maintaining professional boundaries in the environment of electronic communication. The limitation of an effective framework in this environment is due to lack of clear and defined interaction as well as the rules of engagement. It is possible for people to violate professional Code ...

Article Review of Duty and Desolation by Rae Langton Relating to Honesty and Utility, Value and Rights

Abstract It is necessary to establish the supreme principle of morality and look at the present treatise that surround it. For a law to hold moral ground, it has to submit to the rule of law and with it the ground of obligation (Hauptli, 2013). For example, there is the law that states “Thou shalt not lie”. This law has to be obeyed by everybody; those who have sound morals and those who do not care for morals. Abiding to the law is the moral thing to do and everyone need to observe it. This argument means that doing ...

Identify a moral agent.

The moral agent or agency in this case is Doctor ‘X’ and I. A moral agent is any being who can act with reference to wrong or right. A moral agent is anything that is accountable for decisions and behavior. Moral agents have responsibilities and rights and have the power to choose as well as make choices. The idea of being a moral agent explains why some people blame others for things they do and others told to take responsibility of their actions. Moral agents have the freedom of making decisions and taking on the consequences. Being a moral ...

IS THERE A MORAL OBLIGATION TO GIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE GLOBAL POOR IN DISTANT PLACES?

Introduction Hunger and poverty are still at the top of the list of challenges affecting people worldwide. In his speech on February 3, 2013, President Obama highlighted the concern of poverty; poverty in other countries affects even the developed countries. Throughout the past decade, countries have garnered efforts in helping sustain the people and eliminate poverty. Though changes and improvements have occurred, they are still inadequate. Statistics shows that up to date, over 1.2 billion people worldwide still languish in the effects of poverty. It shows a big part of the entire world population still continue living in abject ...

Introduction

Creating a moral, economic system should be the ultimate goal of every society. A moral economy is one that is founded on the principles of justice, fairness and goodness. A moral, economic system ensures equitable allocation of resources that are scarce in nature and configures markets to ensure that they run in a fair manner. The results are to realize a stable economy that is free from exploitation, political insecurity and wars. A moral, economic system fosters peace and satisfaction among the citizens of a nation (SEA, Browne, &Milgram, 2009). It also creates a level ground for fair competition ...

The first approach to whistle blowing condemns whistle blowers as people who rat on their own organizations or companies, thus, undermining the authority’s hierarchy and teamwork (Martin, 402). Although an approach, Martin feels that corporations should note that for employees loyalty to the organization is not an absolute moral principle, and thus, it is the role of the public to protect whistleblowers. The second approach suggests that although whistle blowing is a necessary evil and at times tagged admirable when it happens, all around it is always bad news (Martin, 402). This is simply because it disrupts and ...

The Great Gatsby is a story written by Scott Fitzgerald. It is a story about a twisted love affair among the main characters, daisy and Gatsby. The author through his characters shows how striving for wealth defined individuals’ dreams. Moreover, the story revolves around a pursuit of happiness for the protagonist Gatsby who never wanted to let his past go, but was pursuing it through wealth and material things. This entire story represents characters who fail to learn from their past experiences and mistakes. The characters in this book are static, starting with Jay Gatsby, Tom Buchanan, Daisy Buchanan, ...

Of all the varieties of conceptual models of the information society, for the purposes of this study, it is important to include at least two aspects: first, characterizing the functioning of culture at the named stage of social development and, secondly, a new type of relations in the system of "individual - society". The first of them is determined by the mosaic of culture, the increasing role of virtualization, media saturation, changing patterns of behavior, loss of a clear hierarchy of values that actually leads to the disappearance of the notion of norm. Second - characterizes crisis of paternalistic ...

Ethics is the principle of conduct governing an individual or group. It is also a study of morality. Ethics is the discipline that examines the moral standards of a person or the moral standards of the community. Ethics asks whether those standards are applied to our life and whether they are reasonable or unreasonable. Business ethics is the specialized study of moral right or wrong that focuses on business institutions, activities and organizations. Business ethics is the study of moral standards and how they apply to social systems and organization through which modern societies are supplied with goods and ...

There have been debates on whether family morals have declined or not, as regards the comparison between morals in the present time and those in the last decade. Family morals are beliefs that families espouse regarding good or bad, and wrong or right. Morals are considered to be the foundation of discipline, which is helpful in guiding children about their boundaries. Currently, there are sources that confirm that family morals, which are the primary sources of children’s discipline, are declining. Moreover, the sources note that the morals are declining because there are many factors that are overwhelming or ...

Children at different ages make decisions based on their level of reasoning as influenced by their level of mental development and culture. For instance, children in their early childhood reason differently from those in their middle childhood according to Berk (2014). Many theories have been developed to explain how children are bound to reason at different levels of development. One such theory is the Kohlberg’s moral development theory. According to Kohlberg, there are three levels of moral development each subdivided into two stages. The Kohlberg’s theory will be used to discuss the decision that Jane in this ...

Essay 1

“What are the moral responsibilities of managers?” Among the great debates of the contemporary capitalism is essentially whether or not the concept of morality matters in the business world. Managers or business owners have numerous responsibilities including moral responsibilities as well as legal responsibilities such as paying taxes. Moral responsibilities might be personal, which means that each person in a corporation is responsible for doing what is correct, or the communal responsibilities that involve all the individuals. It is worth mentioning that company culture frequently dictates the significance of the moral duties in the organization (Stikeman, 2000). For this ...

Business Law

All corporations have a duty to act as moral agents since they are endowed by the state a distinct personality that is separate from its incorporators. As such, they are to be considered as morally responsible agents for being created as legal persons under the corporation law. Being a legal entity, they have the power to sue and be sued. They have the ability to pool together their wealth and income to engage in economic activities as one body. Such activities cannot be done if the members of the do this on their own individual capacities. In effect, the ...

Throughout the history of Western civilization, people have asked themselves questions about how to lead their lives and achieve happiness. Major philosophers have debated this idea, arguing for different ways of orienting their lives, commenting and criticizing their precursors in the process. Two of the most important of these thinkers were Aristotle and Immanuel Kant, who both drafted different ethical theories, while staying within the boundaries of what is considered standard in the Western philosophical tradition. Specific differences in their contexts lead to major dissimilarities in their theories. However, both theories have aspects which may be considered correct, and ...

Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair’s Ethical Issues My chosen topic is about Brigadier General Jeffrey Sinclair. I came across him the news as he made news about his inappropriate conduct in his line of duty. The issues raised about him interest me because they raise issues concerning work ethics and how officers or public servants should behave at work and away from work. I am passionate about the upholding of work ethics and behaving as responsible citizens, and it is for this reasons that I felt I should research and write about Brigadier General Jeffrey Sinclair. At the moment, ...

While euthanasia has been widely practice even in the ancient times, opposition against mercy killing still continues until today. Saint Thomas Aquinas is one of the most vocal figures during the earliest times who believed in the sanctity of life. In fact, the saint argued that euthanasia violates the natural laws of life--survival. The ethical and moral beliefs of those countries and states in the US that openly practice euthanasia at present is founded on the basic tenet that suffering among living things whether humans or animals should not be tolerated. However, before discussing whether euthanasia is morally good ...

A Consequentialist is someone who believes that an action is only wrong or right depending on the nature of outcomes of the action. When consequences of the action are morally acceptable to the society, it means that the action is right thus; a person committing the action is has upright morals. On the contrary, an action is wrong when the consequences are ethically negative, and the person responsible for the action is deemed wrong. For instance, the case a driver preferring to kill one person crossing a road to save lives of many passengers on board could be argued ...

Utilitarianism as defined by John Mill is a theory that is based on the principles that stipulate,“One’s actions are correct in proportion to their tendency of promoting happiness and wrong if they tend to result into sadness.” According to John Stuart Mill,happiness is the lack of pain and a state of pleasure. He claims that pleasure can vary in quantity and quality. He adds that the pleasures that are implanted in someone’s upper faculties should be treated with increased weight than the lower pleasures. Mill says that people’s accomplishment of ends and goals, for ...

- What personal, cultural, and spiritual values contribute to your worldview and philosophy of nursing? Morality is habitual. It shapes the character of individuals and communities. Health professionals must exhibit the three subgroups of morality: personal, societal, and the morality of the health professions and its institutions. Personal morality comprises of values, duties, actions and character that a person accepts as relevant for his/her life. As a health professional, personal morality helps you to understand and respect the personal morality of patients, staff mates, and other people you come into professional contact. Integrity is an essential resource in the ...

A few decades ago, beinghomosexual was resentful. Homosexuals were strictly judged and condemned for their sexual preferences and were presented as people with mental illness. In fact, though, homosexual people were not treated as mentally ill, rather than annoying parasites that societies had to ban in order to gain back the lost balance and morals. It was considered unethical to choose a partner of the same sex and have a common life together as a couple. Back in the 1940s and 1950s, gay bullying was worldwide, and homophobia was very serious in the US at that time (McCormack). It ...