Category: Ethics

You are a City Manager for Lazy Boy City with a population of 20,000 citizens.  Your office is inundated with phone calls regarding a rat infestation.  Several citizens complained of illness related to rat feces and the elementary school closed for four days due to the infestation.  The mayor who appointed you is up for re-election in 10 months.  You know your job depends on that person being re-elected. Your brother is the local sheriff, and your sister-in-law is the school superintendent.  How would you handle this situation?  Your response should be complete and well referenced. 

I’m a fourth year medical student.  I failed my professionalism course and had to remediate. I was assigned a paper on Ethical Dilemmas. Can you make it specific to ethical dilemmas in medicine?

Regarding the “London Bridge Attack,” draw on what you learned in the “Constraints” reading and answer the following: Why is Darryn Frost morally permitted (i.e., apart from the law) to threaten Usman Khan with a weapon, but Khan is not morally permitted to a) initially attack other people on the bridge and b) to threaten Frost once Frost points the narwhal tusk at Khan?

Find a local editorial or article online that demonstrates politics affecting nurses. Then, write a 1- to 2-page paper summarizing the editorial or article.
Address the following in the paper, using the editorial or article as a reference:
Provide a summary of the article and how it impacts nursing practice.
Provide two scenarios or examples of why nurses feel they are too busy to worry about politics.
Discuss your perspective on why you think politics may not interest some nurses.
Identify one argument persuading new nurses to become politically active.
Be sure to cite your resource using APA (7th ed.) format.
Due
Sunday, by 11:59 p.m.
Submission and Assessment Guidelines
The activity should follow APA (7th ed.) format and be no more than 1–2 double-spaced pages in length. This does not include the title or reference pages.
Be sure to cite your sources.

Briefly reflect on “George’s Dilemma,” Case 2.2, pages 103 and 104, in Ethics Across the Professions. Do you
think George ought to take the job at the chemical and biological weapons lab on moral grounds? Why or why not?
Argue for your position while making connections with a specific ethical theory

What current ethics and privacy issues exist in today’s health information management arena? Describe them.

Initial Post Instructions
Rather than living in chaos, danger, and the hostility of our neighbors, we find ways to live together. It isn’t easy, but can we avoid doing so?
If everybody has self-interest in their own welfare and safety, then everybody also has self-interest in the welfare and safety of others. Self-interest involves community interest, and we must think about what we are willing to give up in order to get that safety and stability for ourselves, our families, our community, our nation, and even the world.
Thomas Hobbes and John Locke are just two examples of social contract moralists. Locke’s philosophy helped Thomas Jefferson formulate the United States Declaration of Independence. We are interested in what it means to live together in an orderly way under a social contract.
For the initial post, address one of the following sets of questions:
What is a time when you or someone you know of experienced a conflict between duty to self and loyalty to the community? What would logical reasoning say should be done in that case? Why that? What would an Ethical Egoist say to do? Why would they say to do that? Note what you feel is the best course of action.
What is a time when you or someone you know experienced a clash between professional duties and familial duties? Reference a professional code such as that of the American Nurses Association or American Bar Association in explaining the clash. What moral values should have been used in that case? Why those values? What would social contract ethics have said to have done? Why would social contract ethics say that? Note what you feel is the best course of action.
Articulate and evaluate a time when you or someone you know saw personal obligations collide with national obligations. How did that tension involve differing positions on a moral debate? Did those positions rely on any key moral theories? If so, how so? If not, why not? Note what you feel is the best course of action.
Follow-Up Post Instructions
Respond to at least one peer. Further the dialogue by providing more information and clarification.
PLEASE REPOND TO THIS PEER’S POST SEPARETELY
Hello Class, 
A friend once faced a conflict between her ambition and her loyalty to her community. She was offered a high-paying job in a different city, but accepting it would mean leaving her local community where she was actively involved in various social initiatives.
Logical Reasoning
Logical reasoning would suggest weighing the pros and cons of both options. This could involve considering factors such as
the potential benefits of the new job (for example higher salary, career advancement )
The potential drawbacks of leaving the community (for example loss of social connection, impact on ongoing initiatives).
After evaluating these factors, the logical course of action would be to choose the opinion that offers the most benefits and the least drawbacks.
Ethical Egoism
An “ethical egoist would argue that one should act in their self-interest” (Rachels, 2022). In this case, they would likely advise my friend to accept the job offer, as it would lead to personal gain in salary and career advancement.
Best Course of Action
In my opinion, the best course of action would depend on the individual’s values and priorities. If my friend values her career advancement more than her community involvement, she should accept the job offer. However, if she values her community involvement more, she should decline the offer. It’s important to make a decision that aligns with one’s personal values and long-term goals.
References:
Rachels, J.R. S. (2022). The Elements of Moral Philosophy (10th ed.). McGraw-Hill Higher Education (US).
Daanen, P., Moghaddam, F. M., & Sammut, G. (2013). Understanding the self and others : explorations in intersubjectivity and intersubjectivity. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203331415

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As a reminder, your paragraph should ensure you are thinking critically about the text. Please do not simply summarize the text or evaluate whether or not you like the text. Instead, write a 7- to 10-sentence persuasive and focused analysis, argument, or interpretation about the text. 
A critical response paragraph is essentially a mini essay and requires four parts:
an argumentative topic sentence
evidence in the form of quotations or paraphrases for the argument you are making (include page numbers)
interpretation of your evidence in relation to the argument
a strong concluding statement
THEME: 
War and Trauma: Gods Go Begging explores the effects of war, and specifically, the Vietnam war. It emphasizes the impact war-induced trauma and PTSD has on individuals and communities. Through its main character, Jesse Pasodoble, the novel examines the psychological scars left by war, as well s the challenges of reintegrating into civilian life and living with PTSD. 
PLEASE USE ONE OR BOTH OF THESE QUOTES. 
“I thought the war let me see the real things about who we
are. It was like all the truth you could handle- not like living in the world,
back here where nothin’s true” (222)
“Well, I am something of sort: a coward who has run away
from war and from his own past.” (199)

Instructions
This assignment is the first step in a three part project. You only need to focus on part one at this point. Each step will build on earlier steps. However, it is not a matter of providing a rough draft of all or even part of the entire project here in week three. That is, further steps might require completely new and original text.  At the same time, completing each step will aid you in completing a future step or future steps. And, you should use the same topic in all steps.
First, select a topic of moral controversy, debate, disagreement, and dispute, Examples of such topics are euthanasia, the death penalty, abortion, cloning, etc. You can pick any such topic. It need not be listed here.
Next, detail the positions of each side of the ethical debate. Note at least two moral reasons each side presents to show their view on the topic is correct.
Now, we want to evaluate these positions using the moral theories we studied this week:
What would an Ethical Egoist say about this topic? What side would the Ethical Egoist take? What would the Ethical Egoist say to justify their moral position? Is there a conflict between loyalty to self and to community relevant to your topic? If so, how so? Note what you feel is the best course of action.
What would a Social Contract Ethicist say about this topic? What side would the Social Contract Ethicist take? What would the Social Contract Ethicist say to justify their moral position? Does your topic involve a collision between personal obligations and national ones? If so, how so? Note what you feel is the best course of action.
Finally, reference and discuss any professional code of ethics relevant to your topic such as the AMA code for doctors, the ANA code for nurses, or any other pertinent professional code. State whether and how your chosen topic involves any conflicts between professional and familial duties.
Cite the textbook and incorporate outside sources, including citations.
Requirements
Length: 3-4pages (not including title page or references page)
1-inch margins
Double spaced
12-point Times New Roman font
Title page
References page (minimum of 2 scholarly sources in addition to the course textbook)
Outcomes
CO 4: Select the best course of action based on moral theories, values, and logical reasoning given conflicting moral duties (loyalty to community or to self, professional or familial duties, national or personal obligations) and a situation in which a choice has to be made.
CO 6: Evaluate the ethical positions arrived at by using a key moral theory (such as Kantian ethics) relative to the long standing debate surrounding the death penalty, cloning, or some other key topic of moral controversy.