All posts tagged Ethics

Aristotle, in ?Nicomachean Ethics?, claims that to discover the human good we must identify the function of a human being. He argues that the human function is rational activity, since that is what differentiates us from everything else. Peoples good is therefore rational activity performed well. Aristotle gives a lot . . . Read more

In The Ethics of Authenticity Charles Taylor makes a radical claim that we only become capable of understanding ourselves and defining our identity through dialogue. He says humans are fundamentally dialogical creatures (29) and cannot develop into individuals without interaction with others. Through dialogue we are able to exchange our . . . Read more

Ethics Of CloningRunning head: Downside of CloningThe Ethical Downside of CloningEthics in Health CareOctober 17, 1998IntroductionFor the first time the cloning of a whole human being seems really possible. It is absolutely necessary to consider the harm that can be done and move to curb abuses. Also, it is important . . . Read more

In Linda Pastan’s poem “Ethics,” the speaker recounts a moral dilemma that her teacher would ask every fall, which has been haunting her for a long time. The question was “if there were a fire in a museum / which would you save, a Rembrandt painting / or an old . . . Read more

Philosophy 11/15/99Achieving excellence in terms of Aristotle’s Nichomachean EthicsBefore actually focusing on the main details of Aristotle’s Argument, we must pay careful attention to the opening remarks he makes in Book I about the nature of his inquiry. The first important point that he stresses is that the study of . . . Read more

Poverty in the United States has long been a social, political, and human rights issue. Few people would say that it is not our moral duty, as social human beings to take care of those less fortunate than ourselves, to the best of our ability. I say “few” because there . . . Read more

Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) had an interesting ethical system for reasoning. It isbased on a belief that the reason is the final authority for morality. InKant’s eyes reason is directly correlated with morals and ideals. Actions ofany sort, he believed, must be undertaken from a sense of duty dictated byreason, and . . . Read more

An ethics Upgrade By Ben FehsenfeldHCM381Spring 2000The resurgence of ethics has been a striking phenomenon in the past decade. Although ethics has always had a role in the healthcare field, only in recent years has it become a subject of intense interest and controversy. In addition to others, this interest . . . Read more

Steve StauffGrade: B+Biochemistry in the Real WorldEthics of cloningMost of us should know of the new scientific technology that has allowed us to clone mammals. First a sheep that was cloned in Scotland, and then a small monkey in Oregon. All this talk about cloning has forced people to think . . . Read more