Principle Of Totalitarian Ethics

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Humanitarian Ethics
“A system of ethics originated by the author that advocates five basic principles and a synthesized act-rules, consequentialism-nonconsequentialism approach to morality (sometimes referred to as mixed-deontology) that can include any moral system-religious or nonreligious-as long as the five basic moral principles are observed” (Krasemann, 2012).
Ethical Problem
A classmate, whom you have be an acquaintance with for over two years, stops you in the hallway and states “If you can help me, I will pay you $30 for every paper you write for me, plus an extra bit in the end”. Do I help the classmate and earn some extra cash, or do I say no as it is a form of plagiarism?
Value of Life Principle
In the words of Thiroux & Krasemann (Ethics: Theory and Practice, 2012, p.145, para 4), “human beings should revere life and preserve death”. Value of life is not a contributing principle in this ethical problem.
Principle of Goodness …show more content…

Beneficence says we should always do and be good. Nonmaleficence says we should always try to stop and/or avoid badness/harm. The following are items that humans should try doing:
• Promote goodness over badness and do good (beneficence)
• Cause no harm or badness (nonmaleficence)
• Prevent badness of harm (nonmaleficence) (Thiroux & Krasemann, p. 146, para. 3).
Concerning the above stated ethical problem, there are a few questions that come to mind. If I agree to help out this classmate, will I not be harming him/her? Will he/she not miss out on the learning activities from completing the assignments himself/herself? However, how can this request be avoided? On one hand, because the classmate asked, does he/she now expect me to help? Or, will my initial answer of, “I really do not think I should do that”, stand for a NO in the classmate’s eyes?
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