Unit 1 Ethics Assignment

Written Assignment #1

Ethics

Ethics and morals are derivates from the Greek and Latin terms (roots) for custom. Ethics is how we perceive right and wrong on the influence of what we feed on. Ethics is the branch of philosphy that seeks to undestand the nature, purposes, justification, and founding priniciples of moral rules and the systems they comprise. Ethics can be viewed in many different ways in life of what is right and what is wrong in the eyes of a person, because we were all raised differently and we perceive what is right and wrong differently as well. I 'm a Mexican American Catholic female in my early 30s and my father is a Mexican American male in his early 70s. Both my father and I come from the same culture and religion,

If one is asked what is good about being healthy and he says “Being healthy isjust a good way to be”, then he is indicating that he takes health to be non-derivatively good in a way that is intrinsically valuable. Apart from health, examples of intrinsic goods include: life, consciousness and activity, pleasures and satisfaction, happiness, beatitude, contentment, understanding, wisdom, beauty, love, friendship, freedom, peace, esteem, etc." (Utilitarian Ethics in Healthcare,

As more and more “ethicists” in the medical establishment declare there’s no such thing as ethics, on what basis is our medical community (our culture) going to make bioethical decisions in areas such as abortion, euthanasia, cloning, stem-cell research, organ harvesting, end-of-life decisions, etc.? If the so-called experts are now rejecting deontological ethics (duty-based morality) in favor of shear moral relativism, who’s “fuzzy subjective feeling” is going to be the moral standard at the next meeting of the Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics? (Deontological Ethics, 2015).

Non-Consequetial Ethics Denies that the consequences of an action or rule are the only criteria for determining the morality of an action or rule. When applying this theory to healthcare decision making, each situation may have a different pattern that may result in moral decisions being made on a case-by-case basis.

Ethical Relativism Morality is relative to the norms of one 's culture ad actions can be considered right or wrong depending on the accepted norms of the society in which they are practiced. For example, Slavery may be considered acceptable in one society and unacceptable in another. Legal rights differ from state to state and caregivers must be aware of cultural, religious, and legal