The Facts
In the case, the situation happened in a rural area a developing South American country, which has a lack of food, water, education, medical care and healthy style. The pediatric team raised fund to help children, who suffered from diseases in this country, and the benefactors provide the solicited money to finance the laboratory testing, diagnosis imaging and surgeries due to children needs "the voluntary mission". In fact, there was approximately 25 child in need of medical care (19 children with hernia, 4 children with congenital cardiac malformations, 2 chilren with foot club and a child with neurocystericosis). Most of the issues happened while they were struggling to live "chores". However, the fund was not enough to treat all
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The main issue, is it ethical to use the financial and medical resourses to terminate someone's life while many children need these resourses to treat ?
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The decision is based on “Utilitarianism Principle”, which means that the right ethical to do is what produces the best for the greatest number of people. Illustratively, the children and their family would be gratefully appreciated for the treatments. Besides, the decision could also depend on “Category Imperative”, which means act only if you would that become a universal law. To illustrate, it would not be universally acceptable to donate for children treatments and the donation used for different
The case had a many important questions to it. In one question: is physician-assisted suicide morally, ethically, legally correct, and/or fair to anyone?
When viewing organ donation from a moral standpoint we come across many different views depending on the ethical theory. The controversy lies between what is the underlying value and what act is right or wrong. Deciding what is best for both parties and acting out of virtue and not selfishness is another debatable belief. Viewing Kant and Utilitarianism theories we can determine what they would have thought on organ donation. Although it seems judicious, there are professionals who seek the attention to be famous and the first to accomplish something. Although we are responsible for ourselves and our children, the motives of a professional can seem genuine when we are in desperate times which in fact are the opposite. When faced with a decision about our or our children’s life and well being we may be a little naïve. The decisions the patients who were essentially guinea pigs for the first transplants and organ donation saw no other options since they were dying anyways. Although these doctors saw this as an opportunity to be the first one to do this and be famous they also helped further our medical technology. The debate is if they did it with all good ethical reasoning. Of course they had to do it on someone and preying upon the sick and dying was their only choice. Therefore we are responsible for our own health but when it is compromised the decisions we make can also be compromised.
...t’s family should be able decide for the patient whether or not prolonging their life is moral.
The Children’s Miracle Network is a non-profit organization that provides charitable funds to 170 children’s hospitals in the United States and Canada. Nearly 500 corporations participate in fundraisers and campaigns that provide hospitals with equipment, research, and care to children who suffer from injuries and illnesses. To date, Children’s Miracle Network has raised more than 4.7 billion dollars, and what’s unique about this organization is that every penny stays within the network (CMN, n.d.). Children’s Miracle Network has been extremely successful over the last thirty one years due to the relationships that they have built with corporations, the extreme media coverage that they obtain, and the lives and stories of those associated with CMN that have influenced communities to make a difference one dollar at a time.
‘Is it ethical to have a child for the purpose of saving another child’s life?’
There are several important ethical issues related to euthanasia. One is allowing people who are terminally ill and suffering the right to choose death. Should these people continue to suffer even though they really are ba...
...cted. The choices to have an assisted death or to terminate live sustaining equipment, death should be our choice.
There is great debate in this country and worldwide over whether or not terminally ill patients who are experiencing great suffering should have the right to choose death. A deep divide amongst the American public exists on the issue. It is extremely important to reach an ethical decision on whether or not terminally ill patients have this right to choose death, since many may be needlessly suffering, if an ethical solution exists.
Issue: Should Physician assisted suicide (PAS) or euthanasia be legalized for patients who suffer from terminal illnesses?
Many ethical dilemmas are philosophical in nature, an ethical issue can be described as a problem with no clear resolution. In order to solve the issue or dilemma a consensus between the parties involved must be reached. There are several reasons to come to an agreement over an ethical dilemma, it is the basis for all aspects of personal and professional dealings. Each one of us is part of a civilized society and as such it is our responsibility to be rational, honest and loyal in our dealings with others. (Alakavuklar, 2012) states that individuals make decisions for different situations in business life involving various ethical dilemmas. Each time either consciously or unconsciously individuals may follow some ethical approaches
One ethical dilemma that comes up is how notes are taken for all students in the Glendale Union High School District, including Orlando. Typically, notes are entered onto Ms. Karter’s computer after a student is seen, and they are put into a system that every teacher and social worker in the district uses. Not enough information has been reported at this time about how, but it has been discussed with Ms. Karter that other individuals that utilize this software could theoretically read her notes on the students she sees. Because of this, she tries to keep her notes as vague as possible, in order to maintain student confidentiality. This ethical issue has been addressed by how notes have been entered into the system,
An ethical dilemma unlike what most people believe, is not a decisions that is to be made between a right and wrong situation. Instead an ethical dilemma is a decisions that the “agent” makes between two course of action that may both be right or similar in nature. These two course of action need to be different but don’t necessarily have to be better than each other. In other words within this ethical dilemma, no matter what choice is being taken, there is an ethical principle that is being compromised and there really is no perfect solution to the problem.
Scenario: There are a group of people on a lifeboat and the boat is sinking. There is also a 400 pound man on the boat. The problem is the boat can only hold ten normal size people. Having said that, the group has to come up with a decision for their survival; so what should they do? Below are the conversations among the passengers.
It is a big question that most people often struggle with to decide when it is consider appropriate to assist an individual with mercy killing. In 1993, Robert Latimer a Saskatchewan farmer took the life of his twelve-year old daughter Tracy in an act of mercy killing. Latimer’s daughter suffered from the most dreadful form of cerebral palsy. She was severely disabled and had a mind of a four month old baby. Tracy was confined to a wheelchair and had endured multiple operations. She couldn’t walk, talk, or feed herself and she was in constant pain. After Robert Latimer learned that his daughter needed to go through another round of surgery, he knew he had to do something to save her from going through more pain. Therefore, Mr. Latimer decided
Everyone in this world has experienced an ethical dilemma in different situations and this may arise between one or more individuals. Ethical dilemma is a situation where people have to make complex decisions and are influenced based on personal interest, social environment or norms, and religious beliefs (“Strategic Leadership”, n.d.). The leaders and managers in the company should set guidelines to ensure employees are aware and have a better chance to solve and make ethical decisions. Employees are also responsible in understanding their ethical obligations in order to maintain a positive work environment. The purpose of this case study is to identify the dilemma and analyze different decisions to find ways on how a person should act