Ethics Essay Examples and Topics. Page 6

Many futurists believe strongly that new laws will be needed to tame the behaviors and actions of robots. That being the case, autonomous robots might take advantage of their rights to control human beings.

Thus, the ethical principles provided in the definite articles of The Canadian Tri-Council Policy Statement concerning the issue of the participants' consent can be discussed as the moral protection for persons against the inappropriate usage [...]

The principle of moral relativism and its application in moral decision-making suggests that universally lawful moral principle is nonexistent. The principle of moral relativism maintains that the establishment of moral standards that apply to their [...]

According to the National Society of Professional Engineers, one of the key concerns of the latter must be the well-being of people and the environment in relation to the engineers' work.

Utilitarianism involves the assessment of the consequences of any action taken by the business since it involves a common good for the majority.

The researchers, Osmo and Landau, sought to examine the relationship between the prevailing ethical theories, the existing ethical dilemmas, and the increase in ethical issues, the idea of ethical decision-making, and the existing problems in [...]

Is friendship possible in the modern world dominated by pragmatism and will it exist in the future? For instance, Cicero takes the point of view of the social entity, in other words, he defines friendship [...]

John is also likely to create lower pleasures of food and entertainment to his family compared to the higher preferences that can be offered to the veterans. Kant might probably suggest that John should use [...]

The two players in the podcast 'Al Dura - What really happened?' are the FR2 Television Network who showed the raw video clip and the Palestinian government.

The public opinion has been unequivocal as well: the greed deserves the scorn; it is unacceptable in the context of the social propriety.

The development of medicine brought the issue to the fore in the late 19th century. Therefore, it is but natural that it is the right of a woman to make the choice.

The author also supports the use of virtue during moral reasoning and decision-making. The approach also promotes the use of moral reasoning.

It takes account of the happiness is an end and not a means. It is a way of thinking with the set intention in mind; deliberation determines the end and not the means.

The last part of this paper discusses the role of religion and spirituality in changing the situation of non-humans caught in human webs of self-interest.

Although viable reasons for the justification of the practice varied for different communities, one of the main concepts that were agreeable at the time was the abortions before the 'quickening' period, which is the time [...]

The theory of Ross is founded on the opposition of the argument by Moore, who sought to justify actions based on the impact and not the factors that motivate an individual to engage in such [...]

To gain a comprehensive understanding of torture, it is vital to incorporate Levinson analysis of torture when he says torture involves deliberate physical harm to get information from somebody, or to influence a person's action.

The fact that the rural area is different from the urban one has resulted in the creation of rural criminology. The ethical dilemmas that can arise in the process of working in rural areas for [...]

The first concept is about the presentation of ethics and values in the art scene. Change in ethics and values, as depicted in the exhibition, shows that society is a dynamic concept.

This article offers some of the best ideas towards dealing with racism in our society. The article "Dealing with Institutional Racism on Campus: Initiating Difficult Dialogues and Social Justice Advocacy Interventions" explains how different institutions [...]

Therefore, the concept is based on the fact that reality felt by an individual is bound to the culture or societal beliefs.

The Ethics Awareness Inventory describes the subject as a person who is ethical out of obligation and not equity. This essay describes the author's perspective and understanding of the role of ethics in the field [...]

The diversity that is seen among the individuals affects the values and guidelines that are considered ethical by the individuals, resulting into various ethical issues and problems in the society.

Abortion, if legalized would curb unnecessary maternal deaths, in that, it would be done in the open and mothers would not be afraid of consulting qualified personnel for the same.

Although this is the case, one thing that most of these individuals fail to recognize is that some medical conditions are irreversible; hence, prolonging individual's live means increasing their suffering and hopelessness.

It is necessary to mention that Stephan, feeling the pang of conscience, has been trying to persuade the other members of the hiking to transmit the Sadhu either to the village or at least to [...]

In order to promote the common good for the public, engineers are supposed to uphold the safety, health, and welfare of the public.

The fact that in the present-day society, human life is put at the top of the entire list of values is a major achievement of the civilization and the fact that the current society is [...]

Moreover, under such circumstances, the consequence of the action is the main criterion according to which the morality of a person's behavior can be evaluated.

In journalism, a story with significance to the news organization changes the roles of the media from that of informing, educating, and entertaining to that of making people bored.

Importantly, all key nursing organizations must coalesce to advance nursing practice with relevance to the nursing shortage and to drive the profession in resolving issues of entry into practice.

Based on the above facts, Jonathan Moreno in the article Bioethics after the Terror analyses the possible implications of bioethics that could result in tension in the field that has never witnessed major changes in [...]

In other words, it is observed that an individual has a duty of ensuring that the law is followed while the government is expected to provide the basic rights and freedoms.

Despite the fact that cultural relativism seems the most applicable approach to be undertaken for communicational purposes, as well as the means to shape the world media and entertainment sphere in the light of the [...]

The bad is thought to be caused by a lack of information about the outcome. The bad is also linked to the wrong information about the outcome of good.

The Peace Corps is an agency run by the United States government that train and send volunteers to work and live in communities worldwide.

Therefore, it is quite unfair to deny a woman her natural right to get an abortion on the grounds of the dignity of the unborn child.

The use of the big data is to create a pattern that can lead to specific individuals of interest to the government.

With respect to the arguments proposed by the pro-life group, it seems that the act of abortion is absolutely unacceptable, irrespective of whether or not the life of the mother is in danger.

This scholar says that when developing an organizational culture, the management would try to ensure that they set a culture that is conscious of the expected ethics.

Based on Kant's argument, the thesis of this case study is "We should act based only on those maxims for which we would be happy if the actions were to become universal laws" The first [...]

The term ethical response refers to the non violent campaign against the minority groups in society. The final stage in the ethical response process is the direct action.

Thus, the profession of social workers is directly connected with the issue of following ethical principles and norms in the everyday life, and the Code of Ethics is important to regulate the social workers' behaviour [...]

This essay focuses on strengths and or, weaknesses of trying to propose moral goods for a society based on human rights, universal natural law, and claims of Christian faith.

The right thing to do in this case is not to achieve perfection in terms of following the guidelines set by the National Museum but to involve the members of the community so that they [...]

Consequently, the pregnancy could lead to death and adverse effects to the health of the patient. However, this will apply in accordance to the religion of the patient.

In this motion picture, he seems to support the defeat of the religious as seen through the death of the most religious person in the story - Ben.

The rule of utilitarianism focuses on the result regardless of the nature of the action. It foresees the possible outcome of the action and calculates the benefits and the costs.

Greenberg further gathers the opinions of various military leaders on the application of different forms of torture and the effectiveness of the techniques.

This research paper will generally focus on the application of waterboarding as a form of torture, the implications of war relative to the executives in Governments and the soldiers in the field and eventually provide [...]

To begin with, Washington Rules and Regulations together with the revised codes of Washington contain insufficiencies in definition of the level of service delivery.

In the case of predictive genetic testing for HD, clinicians and other health care team members must consider the benefit to the patient.

These are the steps that a research or team should take to make sure the principles of openness or integrity are not violated. The main principle that should be followed is the avoidance of harm [...]

This implies that our ethical reaction to enhancement is a comeback to the weakened agency of the individual whose success is enhanced.

The process of balancing the desire to protect research participants from potential harms posed by the research, while allowing the participants to benefit from the research results is overwhelming.

During those times capital was any form of assets or finances but in the modern world things have changes and the definition of capital has broadened to not only including assets and finances but also [...]

In deontology, morality is judged through examining the nature of the actions and the will of the individuals to do the right thing.

Kant's moral theory on the other hand argues in Business Ethics that "we are morally obliged to act in accordance with a certain set of principles/rules regardless of the outcome".

The answers, usually four, are given and classified ranging from the most ethical decision to the least ethical decision an individual can make to show the type of ethical perspective an individual belongs.

The question of the right ways of ensuring that the rules that govern the society accomplish justice is an intriguing one even to the most advanced civilizations all over the globe.

Ethics in religion may be defined as acting according to the beliefs and practices of a given religion. However, ethics may be a source of punishment to the believers.

The role of personal ethics in psychology in relation to the American psychological association is intended to guide psychologists and standard professionals to guide them in their decision making and conduct at work.

In the article Why Abortion is Immoral, Marquis asserts that abortion should only be permitted when a rape case is involved, within the first 2 weeks, and when the pregnancy has been proved to be [...]

Ethically and scientifically speaking, the experiments in project Cyborg have a number of similarities with the 'self-experiments' by William Nicholson and Anthony Carlisle".

It is needless to mention, of course, that the Blake's suggestion, in this respect, implies that contrary to the assumption that the American economy's functioning has very little to do with the principles of a [...]

The second ethical issue raised in the case is that Robert has gone to the extent of stealing a phone from the bag of another student.

In the old days, people used to have local governments that focused on a small group of people which led to a better understanding of the group's needs, unique to the conditions and general environment [...]

The media refer to people with disability as to persons with special needs, which reveals the inappropriate use of terminologies to refer to them.

Kant then concludes that there is one thing that meets the qualifications to be labeled as truly good, and that is the good will.

In this regard, if by any chance one happens to have knowledge of an event, either happening or about to happen, which can cause destruction to the society, the person is bound to reveal the [...]

The first part of the code is the introduction section, which offers a detailed focus on the key elements of the Code to the registered agents as it is required by the Migration Agents Registration [...]

In this case, Bentham's ideas about the benefits of the actions are met, and Kant's categories of the universal law and the moral duty are realized according to which a person uses his or her [...]

Since the United States of America was one of the leading powers in the scientific developments, some of the experiments involving humans were conducted within the United States.

For example, offering a gift if the thief releases the car and the child, asking the mother to plead with the thief to have mercy upon the child or opting to withdraw the charges completely.

Police officers are the individuals charged with the task of maintaining law and order and ensuring the security of the population.

This may be done with the interest of the society at heart where, the person wants to improve the well being of everyone else in the community.

Consequently, we should not engage in slavery even if utilitarianism theory assumes that such engagement may produce pleasure, happiness, and contentment to the majority or the greatest number of people.

The proponents of this custom have always offered strong cultural reasons as to why they practice it, and one of the common reasons here is that, circumcision is a celebrated right of passage for the [...]

The authors indicate the significance of systems that avail information and critical decisions to the general public. In this methodology, the authors reiterate the significance of the recognition and definition of the public.

The manufacture of bottled water began in Europe in the 1970s. The availability of bottled water allows consumers to buy water when they need it.

Some people claim that, the act of whistle blowing is not morally upright or justified because any employee has the absolute obligation to loyalty and confidentiality to the company or the organization he or she [...]

S intelligence service applied torture while interrogating the suspects, for the sake of combating terrorism in the world regardless of international law against torture.

The patient's preferences include refusal of the medication and treatment for the condition although her refusal could lead to premature death.

This is upon reference to an argument on the righteousness of the act. If only a given community or an entity can consider the issue as of moral value, thus it is solely their decision [...]

However, some action which I will employ at the end brings about the feeling of pleasure and satisfaction, then that action is morally right contrary to a situation whereby the action taken results in the [...]

The reason for this is simple the very notion of amotherly love', as something unchangeable and static, does not correspond to the essence of women's motherly anxieties, as much as it corresponds to men's chauvinistic [...]

When I observe the events in different literary works, I believe that sometimes white lies are necessary, but unfortunately, people cannot be sure about proper interpretation of situation and the decision to lie or not [...]

This theory is based on the fact that the collective welfare of the people overrides the individual's right and as such, the theory advocates the maximization of happiness for the greatest number of people.

These ethical issues are enshrined in the "National Educational Associations" code of ethics which prescribes what is considered to be good behaviour for a teaching professional.

As controversial debates continue, anti-abortion group adopted the term 'pro-life' to signify their support to life while pro-abortion group refers itself as 'pro-choice'. To pro choice, abortion is not killing but removal of a foetus, [...]

An ethical awareness inventory is an instrument that is used to identify an individual's central ethical style by demonstrating their prevalent ethical philosophies used to make ethical and moral decisions.

The theory creates the impression that one's right to life is dependent on the happiness of others, thus resulting in questions on the validity of morality of the concept.

The main idea of a business ethic is that it closely correlates with the laws of society, and even though people's kindness and respect are expected, in order for the companies and organizations to flourish, [...]

However, relating the details of the case study to the elements and concepts of ethical theories is not enough; to choose the ethical dimension in which the solution to the problem is going to be [...]

In the United States, division of matrimonial property takes the form of a fifty-fifty percentage share between the marriage partners at the time of the dissolution of their marriage, which means that the law perceives [...]

States have the discretion to prescribe the eligibility criteria and determine the length of time a family may benefit from welfare.

It is important to understand that cloning is not associated with the production of a clone that has the same size and age as its donor, but rather, it is a form of twinning referred [...]

This simply means that social researchers and indeed any researcher must ensure that all their participants have a clear understanding of the kind of activity they are engaging in prior to them participating in the [...]

The other issue in consideration is that of the black market which is supposedly benefiting due to the lack of a legal market for body organs.

On the side of duties and obligations, the societal norms stipulate that individuals should be caring to other members of the society especially the children and the old.

For example, an action that will reduce poverty within the society is generally acceptable as a right action in the perspective of utilitarianism.

While this paper is not going to focus on the legality of abortion or lack of it, it is crucial to note from the outset that the author opposes the act and has internalized that [...]

The classification of an action as moral or immoral depends on the circumstances and the viewpoint of the person making the classification.

Denying Tony Nicklinson the right to have an assisted suicide would have prolonged his suffering. The law should provide people who are in a situation that is similar to Tony Nicklinson's the right to have [...]

The information people learn from their childhood is kept in human mind and all the actions people do are based on that data.

In essence, it becomes impractical for the inner functioning of the objective intellect to be derived from anything that surpasses the material humanity.

In the case of induced abortion, a pregnancy might be terminated due to medical reasons when the doctors find that keeping the pregnancy might endanger the life of both the mother and the child thus [...]

In order to develop a clear background in responding to the above question, it would be important to understand some of the potential knowledge issues in the two fields.

As Luntley says, t6he first and the foremost is the ability to make sure that the truth is independent from judgment.

In the contrary, the rich tends to be the owners of large tracks of land, whereas the poor are usually squatters in most societies.

However, it is also important to note that the women who are most likely to undertake an abortion are over the age of 40, the young, the poor, and the unmarried.

The good in the action is what is focused on and not what it leads to. This is in disregard of Bentham's thought that pleasure is the same qualitatively and the only thing that matters [...]

The weakness of philosophical theories is that they are mere intellectual theories void actions or activities, which require habitual practice as a process of achieving moral virtues.

Their view is that when the unborn is in the mother's womb, then the mother should have the right to decide whether to keep the pregnancy or not.

Logically, the basic element in any pursuit is the end itself; consequently, the task here is to determine the element that stands out as the end as opposed to means to something else.

A certified code that defines what is right for providers of childcare is a tool that helps to instill responsibility in respect to how children, adults, and the society relate to one another and how [...]

In the end, they will find no need for the use of steroids and the integrity of the game would be restored. At the core of this quest to be the first is the need [...]

The life of the mother is far more important than the unborn foetus and everything should be done to preserve it.

As most antagonist of legalizing abortion, I held the idea that, abortion is an immoral act not only in the eyes of the society, but also in the eyes of God.

Ethical relativism is the subjective theory that states that moral beliefs are relative to the norms of a person; therefore, judging whether an act is right or wrong totally relies on the moral beliefs of [...]