Moral Philosophy Case Study

Moral Philosophy

History & Background The Moral Philosophy has been developed primarily over the course of the last century (Reamer, 1993). While the concepts of morals and ethics have always played a part when working with human beings, the focus of the subject as a whole has shifted over time. Originally, the profession of social work began with an emphasis on the client and centered upon their actions in the process. This means that the morality under question was that of the individual coming to the professional for help (Reamer, 1993). In the early practice of social work, it was the goal of the provider to assist the client in fixing their life and "enhance the morality" in order for the individual to begin a more fruitful and what

Powell is also under speculation for burns on his other son 's body (“Houston Dad Charged,” 2015). After collecting the boys from the house of their mother in late May claiming he wanted to spent time with them, Powell brought the toddlers into his sister, Prosha Land’s apartment where he was staying (“Houston Dad Charged,” 2015). Powell reportedly got angry and violent upon discovering the child 's potty training accident, as he had several times since collecting the boys from their mother’s home, and struck the boy hard onto the tile floor in the bathroom (Larimer, 2015). Land reported hearing his head hit the tile floor (Larimer, 2015). She also mentioned that the young boy was reporting he was “tired” and that he began acting different from his usual self after the incident (Larimer, 2015). The boy passed away at the Texas Children 's Hospital, where his brother still remains, after multiple bodily injuries and brain swelling (“Houston Dad Charged,” 2015). Land was also arrested and is being held for not reporting her brother 's actions and "allowing her brother to hurt the children" (“Houston Dad Charged,”

To begin, metaethics would analyze the meanings of words involved in this case. For example, child abuse would need to be evaluated to determine the conceptual and operational definitions in order to get to the true meaning of the word, as well as its meaning in this particular context. After meaning is agreed upon, there are two routes in which this case could be evaluated: with cognitivism and noncognitivism. With cognitivism, philosophers would determine that the child abuse taking place is either real or not. Noncognitivism, however, would explain that child abuse does not formally exist, but rather that the existence or non-existence of the concept is simply an opinion of the