CONSEQUENTIAL ETHICS In Consequential Ethics, the outcomes determine the morality of the act. What make the act wrong are the consequences. It says, it will be legitimate to lie in order to get out of a serious problem, such as to save a persons life. In other words a white lie is fine. So the essence of morality is determined by the result or outcome of the act. NON – CONSEQUENTIAL ETHICS In non-Consequential Ethics, the source of morality comes from something else: law, God’s law, moral law
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Rules of Thumb Misha McCulloch March 10, 2013 Rules of Thumb Misha McCulloch March 10, 2013 Every day ethical situations arise. How people solve these ethical dilemmas vary based on each individuals’ ethical thinking, or, Rules of Thumb. My personal tools for ethical decision making are the Golden Rule and going with my gut instinct. The Golden Rule states “do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” The Golden Rule has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. It
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In catholic tradition, it is the writing of a saint's live, a study of a saint life. It does not necessarily attempt to give full details, historical account of the life of an individual saint. Rather, it is written so that their life can be an inspiration to people. It is written so that their life can have a salvific effect on people. It is also written so that people can also reflect on the outcome of their life, helps strengthen people's faith. Finally, Hagiography helps us to see the saints
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starts the theme of oppression. Oppression is when someone has control or power over someone or a group of people and controls their actions and way of life. In The Epic of Gilgamesh, the city of Uruk is ruled by Gilgamesh, who is part god and part human that was created by the gods. With his power as a ruler of Uruk, he created his own set of rules for the people of Uruk to follow that may not have been a part of their everyday lives before Gilgamesh arrived in their city. In The Epic of Gilgamesh
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society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death: and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short” (Rosenstand 206). Hobbes argues that the state of nature is a wretched state of war in which none of our important human ends are dependably achievable. Human nature also affords resources to escape this wretched condition. Hobbes says that once the conflict reaches a life threatening point people will do anything to preserve their own lives, “where every man
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obligation, second in results, character in third and equity in last with a -4. Personal Ethics in Psychology Personal ethics are developed over an individual’s lifespan and do not cease to evolve with the times because an individual has reached their life goals. In the terms of psychology, especially as a career, it is important that an individual continues their learning and involvement in the psychological world. It is part of the psychologists’ job to ensure that their morals and judgments are evolving
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Administrative ethics regarding HIPAA HIPPA Rule HIPP is a privacy rule that is set up to protect a patient’s person health information. This personal health information coverage gives a patient a number of rights on how their medical records are kept and who has the right to view them. The HIPAA privacy rule has a number of safeguards for the covered entitles to ensure that confidentiality and integrity of any electronic health information. The HIPAA rule is only applies to covered entities. If
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law. Society believes that criminals should be punished for the crimes they committed and society believe that people who are ill should receive treatment for their illness. When we talk about the insanity defense, we go to the M'Naghten rule. The M'Naghten rule is the required test that must be given before the jury can decide whether the individual on trial knew that he or she could not tell right from wrong. This is the first famous legal test for insanity. In 1843, Englishman Daniel M’Naghten
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land, the most beautiful woman gave birth to the most incredible girl. Ta dahh! That’s me! There are many shades of me, but I won’t go into them all. I’ll be covering four areas that are important: personal detail, my personality, my hobby, and my rule in life. Now let’s go into details. First, about my appearance, I just get through the description of my face, because of course, I have all necessary parts as a normal human’s supposed to have. Doesn’t matter how lovely face we own, “Manners Maketh
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and Wildlife and designate the Bureau as the U.S. Fish and WildlifeService” (www.fws.gov/help/about_us.html).The U.S. fish and wild life service is the principle federal agency that provides information to the public on the amount and status of the nation wetlands. This bureau has always sparked an interest on me. I learned the magnitude of why state and federal rules and regulation are necessary in order to preserve and conserve natural animal habitat and that law are imposed that keep certain species
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