Essays on Ethics

The Suggestion of Virtue-based Criteria The suggestion provided by the criterion based on virtues is that the outcome of the activities we take part in is well provided that reason remains the basis through which moral decisions are made. Such criteria are in support of the idea that people live virtuously....

Professional Environments and Ethical Decision-Making Professional environments require individuals to practice ethical decision-making but the foundations upon which to base these decisions vary depending on the ethical theory used to analyze a particular situation. An analysis of ethical dilemma 4, namely the sick patients’ scenario, highlights that the use of deontological...

The concept of the ethics of care has developed over the last decades as a general moral approach guiding both the political and social systems. The idea encompasses many spheres of ethical theories, and as a result, the society has developed new strategies for dealing with moral problems and changes....

Kant’s Formulation of Categorical Imperative Kant formulated three principal formulas in categorical imperative. The second formula of humanity has gained a lot of critics and commentaries and will be used in this study. Kant highlights that a good will is the only thing without qualification. Goodwill is governed by a reason...

Foundation of Morality Over the years, varying theories have been adopted to explain the foundation of morality within an individual. This is referred as Egoism and can take either be normative or a clear position. There are different types of egoism which entail psychological, ethical and rational egoism. According to Tilley...

Imagine a scenario where one is hiding from a group of gangsters in the basement with several other people including family members, friends, and neighbors (Allen, 2016). One can hear the gang members walking overhead and any sound will alert them to the hiding place. One of the neighbors is...

The basic code of ethics in any profession The basic code of ethics in any profession, not only engineering is to ensure that there is full disclosure and honesty maintained at every step in carrying out the duties of the given profession. The primary reason is to mitigate against any possible...

The Dilemma of Torturing an Enemy Soldier The scenario, whereby I have captured an enemy soldier with crucial information regarding a planted secret bomb involves a dilemmatic decision-making process, especially regarding the morality of the decision that I will make. Whichever decision I may opt to take, it is associated with...

Most people are always in search of careers that are satisfying and lead to personal satisfaction. However, what is satisfying to one person is not to the other. Other people have left corporate jobs to move to charity or Non- Governmental jobs, because they wanted a satisfying, and by such...

Moral Issues and Legal Concerns Moral issues differ from legal ones because they are not concerns of the state. Morality is what tells us whether an action is bad or not. There are several schools of thought on the subject. Each theory tries to offer a framework for decision-making. Is an...

The two parties involved in this case study The two parties involved in this case study are the slum dwellers and the sociologist. There are ethical concerns which are portrayed by both parties. First, the researcher is dishonest. After learning that some members of the slum are involved in car theft,...

The moral agent in the ethical case The moral agent in the ethical case is the employee who published something on social media, which although not prohibited, could be construed as damaging to the company's reputation. As a moral agent, the employee is expected to distinguish right from wrong and to...