Essays on Ethics and Moral Philosophy

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Applying Ethical Principles to Reduce Hospital Readmission

4 pages / 1603 words

As health care workers we are sometimes faced with ethical problems in our careers. We must make sound decisions based on our moral values and principles. In the ethical principles of health Care ethics, we are guided in using four main popular principle approaches in...

Ethical Dilemma Readmission Universal Health Care

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Analysis of Stealing in Terms of Kant’s Deontological Ethics

2 pages / 733 words

Kant’s Deontological Ethics focuses morality on objective duties rather than the consequences of actions. One cannot ground morality on emotions since each person has a different reason for feeling certain emotions. For example, if what is moral is determined by happiness, then the thief seeks...

Deontology Immanuel Kant Stealing

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The Problem of Evil in Shakespeare’s Play Richard Iii

1 page / 459 words

The problem of evil is described by the scholastic philosophers of the middle ages, mainly Decartes, Spinoza, Malebranche and Leibniz. The primary development of the philosophical thought on the subject of evil was represented mainly with the starting point of Leibniz, ‘evil was a privation...

Ethics Good and Evil

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Normative Cultural Relativism and Its Challenges

4 pages / 1835 words

Introduction Normative cultural relativism is a moral theory that sees moral rights and wrongs to be necessarily dependent on a particular society, culture or community’s moral norms. Thus, one can simplify it to a simpler statement whereby a normative relativism ‘tells us how we ought...

Cultural Relativism Ethics

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Analysis of Aristotle’s Concept of Virtue Ethics and Happiness

1 page / 679 words

Happiness is a world that is often characterized as subjective and or synonymous with success which too can be just as personal as the word happiness. However, Aristotle would describe happiness with an activity. An activity that pushes us toward a state of Eudaimonia. So,...

Aristotle Happiness Virtue Ethics

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My Ethical Theories Revealed: Virtue Ethics and The Divine Nature Theory

2 pages / 958 words

The issues people have with marriages today are very complicated and complex compared to years ago. As humans we turn to philosophy and ethics to help us build guidance to solve moral issues, however there is not always a perfect solution. From all the metaethical...

God Personal Ethics Virtue Ethics

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Analysis of The Philosophical Concept of Virtue Ethics

2 pages / 1009 words

All of morality aims at the same thing but there are several basic ways to get there. If you prefer, each approach is like a different tool a hammer, a nail, a level. Using the right tool for the right job makes it easier to...

Ethics Virtue Ethics

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Critical Analysis of Seven Ethical Approaches

4 pages / 1853 words

Ethical activity alludes to the activity that gives greatest great to the most noteworthy number. It implies a specific activity ought to be in a situation to give the best great to countless individuals instead of a couple in the general public for it to...

Business Ethics Ethics Morality

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Discussion of Whether Assisted Suicide is Morally Acceptable

4 pages / 1623 words

The doctor walks into the waiting room with a gloomy look on his face. “I’m sorry, your son only has 2 months to live, cancer is growing faster than we can treat.” This boy has fought for his life for over a year thinking he...

Assisted Suicide Ethical Dilemma

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The Value of Life According to Steve Jobs

2 pages / 903 words

Introduction Steve Jobs was an American who became a very successful businessman and a cancer survivor. He was a visionary entrepreneur who invented groundbreaking technology. He is the creator of the famous Apple brand; he developed computers and pioneered the new technology we have today....

Personality Steve Jobs Values of Life

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Research Paper on The Ethical Issue of Publishing The Pentagon Papers

5 pages / 2353 words

In this paper, I will address whether or not it was ethical for A.M. Rosenthal, editor-in-chief of The New York Times to publish the Pentagon Papers. On the one hand, it was ethical because the Pentagon Papers contained crucial information of national importance, the publication...

Deontology Ethical Dilemma Ethics

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Ethical Dilemma in Nursing: Abortion and Euthanasia

4 pages / 1647 words

Introduction: Nurses are confronted by largely controversial ethical issues related to healthcare and medical practice. Suppose that you are a “pro-life” faction member and you happen to work in a medical facility that provides abortion services. If you were required to take part in an...

Abortion Assisted Suicide Ethical Dilemma

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The Ethical Dilemma of Abortion

3 pages / 1448 words

Our daily lives consist of a never ending battle within ourselves, a talk with the voice in our heads that tells us “do it” or “don’t do it”. It is rational to think that the voice in our heads tells us all the same thing...

Abortion Christian Worldview Ethical Dilemma

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Why Gun Rights Should Be More Strict

3 pages / 1455 words

Introduction In this essay, I will be discussing gun control in America and where I stand on the issue of its regulations. I want to start off by saying that death by guns is out of control, and it’s alarming how easy it seems for...

Community Violence Gun Control Virtue Ethics

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The Ethical Dilemma of Water Privatization

6 pages / 2653 words

Introduction Water privatization is defined as private corporations buying or operating public water utilities. In the environment, whether companies are viewed as a private entity or individuals with responsibility to take care of the environment, privatization plays a key role in the profit-making process of...

Environmental Issues Ethical Dilemma Water

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Living by Ethics and Values: My Life Story

1 page / 418 words

Having ethics and values it’s a basic for each person as it’s a founder of who they are as an individual. It shapes an individual’s personality whether it’s their mindset or lifestyle. These foundations setup the person and who they are and for the future...

Ethics Values

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Ethical Issues in Digital Immortality

6 pages / 2904 words

Abstract Much software’s like Alexa and Siri have been created using artificial intelligence and other tools. Many companies have created chatbots that could communicate with people. These inventions just interact with people based on some predefined rules. But, with the development in the fields of...

Ethical Dilemma Immortality

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Critical Analysis of The Scene 'I Did not Murder Him' from I, Robot

3 pages / 1322 words

In this Critical analysis, I will be discussing the scene from I, Robot ‘I did not murder him’. In 2035, technophobic homicide detective Del Spooner of the Chicago PD heads the investigation of the apparent suicide of leading robotics scientist, Dr. Alfred Lanning. Unconvinced of...

Ethics I, Robot Movie Review

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The Importance of Ethics in Our Daily Life

1 page / 530 words

The importance of ethics in our daily life can not be overestimated. The significance of ethical behavior is seen at the underlying foundations of mankind. It is the establishment of a human progress. We as individuals are guided by our moral standards in the social orders...

Ethics Ethics in Everyday Life Personal Ethics