In the family obligations crash course, the main points were moral obligations to the family, licensing parents, the ethics of care, and the problems with ethics of care. For the moral obligations there were stated three different views about what is owed to the parents. The first view is the unconditional view. A view where being your blood and the reason why you are there you owe them something and anything the minimum being in your company. The second view is the conditional view. A view of fairness you give the same that you received from them, equality. The third view is the friendship view by Jane English that in the end a child owes their parents nothing because they did not choose to be born and were not old enough to agree to a moral …show more content…
Hugh LaFollette brought up about since we have to get licenses for everything that may be damaging to others then why do not we have a license for people to become parents. Government regulates many things that could be disastrous to people close to the action. Many children are being harmed so it is nice to think we could add something that can prevent those monstrosities. Ethics of care is brought up because people who are closer to us we care for more. So, it is difficult to be impartial to them and treat them the same as a stranger because people would hope that their loved ones consider them more important than a random person who they do not know at all. Problems with the ethics of care is that not everyone has a group of people who love them and support them therefore using ethics of care is unfair and could lead to …show more content…
When I was younger I was an only child and at the age of seven I asked my parents and important question. What would happen to me when they died? I would be all alone. So, then they thought about it and I got a sibling. So, for when they pass I will have someone in the world to lean against and not feel alone in this big world. Family is important and sacred. Friends are close and could be considered family but one by one they leave and lose touch. My childhood was a good one and therefore I want to stay and help my parents. Gender roles are a complicated subject I do not have a problem with people doing something different then is accustomed, but it does take a bit to go over the initial shock. I have friends who cross-dress. A man named Andrew who wear a girl wig and girls clothes. It took me back the first time, but I have no problem that he does this he is still a good person, and that is what counts. My whole life I was considered a tomboy so I understand that a person should not be held back by society because society has a different idea of what it means to be a certain gender. Slowly but slowly we are changing what society is thinking before a woman was considered a witch if she had any interest in science. Now my mother is a scientist and teaches chemistry here at this college. The youth pushes what is acceptable for
Ethical principles are judgments that serve as a basic justification for the ethical evaluation of one’s action. They are the viewpoints from which guidance can be obtained along the pathway to a decision. According to the Journal of the American Nurse Association, ethical principles are the general goals that each theory tries to achieve in order to be successful. The widely accepted prima facie ethical principles are; Autonomy, duty to respect one’s right. Beneficence, the desire to do good. Non-maleficence refers to avoidance of harm or hurt. Justice, duty to treat one fairly. (Beauchamp, 2004). While some of the ethical dilemmas includes: ensuring informed consent, determining decision-making capacity, promoting advance care planning, surrogate decision-making, withdrawing and withholdi...
The ethics of care have a greater sensitivity to issues that deal with care. The physician have an oath to show ethics of care to their patient. They physician should care about their patient and how they feel. Ethic care show a feminine approach to an ethical dilemma. Feel its focus on the relationship and needs of a person instead of the rights and universal laws. I feel that a person who want to do euthanasia for medical egoism which they feel that if they died ,they will benefit from euthanasia because they will not be suffering and they will be self- satisfy. I feel some who is against euthanasia is displaying enlightened egoism because they could be selfless and not understand where that person is coming from. The deontological ethical system is the use in euthanasia they will study why that person what to die. The side for euthanasia will side on the deontological ethical system side by emphasizing the intent of the actor, that the ill person’s want to end their life for that they would not have to suffer no more. The teleological ethical system with the euthanasia focus on the consequence or the end actions to determine goodness, will it be for the terminally ill person kills their self instead of suffering. Normative ethics play a part in euthanasia because the people against
The problem with care based ethics is the fact that one can not predict what someone else wants. This seems to be a highlight in terms of every concept discussed so far. However this does ring true. Just because one person would find it upsetting or harmful to see the face of the person who killed a family member, what is to be said about those who not deem it as upsetting? Who is being accounted for as to what is offensive or what is not okay for others to
The four ethical virtues of health care must be shown, compassion, discernment, integrity and trustworthiness. Respecting a person’s autonomy understanding and acting on the belief the people have the right decision to make decisions and take action based on their beliefs and value systems. The ethical issues that would be encountered will be to treat each person with passion and respect regardless of sex, race, and religious preference. The environment has no human rights violations, sustains nursing ethical
Garrett, Thomas, Baillie, Harold, and Garrett, Rosellen. Health Care Ethics; Principles and Problems. 4th Ed. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. Prentice Hall,
Some parents struggle knowing they will have to care for a disabled child for the rest of their lives and some parents are not prepared to take on that role. I don’t feel that withholding care is the answer, but I also don’t believe that forcing the parents to take on such a big responsibility is the answer either. People get put into situations that they are not prepared and they don’t care for the child like they should. In the end the child is the one who suffers. This subject will always be controversial with the world that we live in today. I am thankful for the Federal “Baby Doe”rules and I am sure a lot of newborns lives have been spared because of it.
While ethics theories often focus on justice, care, an "equally valid moral perspective," is usually disregarded because of male bias (Sterba, p. 52). The two perspectives are often harmonious, but a need for care point of view precedence exists. While truth is evident in both these statements, the problem of distinguishing between them becomes apparent soon after.
Firstly, parental licensing invades our right to reproduce. We have control over what we do to our bodies, so if we want to reproduce, we can do so without government intervention. Some may argue that our rights are not absolute rights, so our right to have children is no exception. Consider our right to freedom of speech. Although we are free to speak our mind, we are restricted from hate speech and slander. The same goes for our right of life. We are equal in that we all have the right to live, but killing someone as self defense is admissible. Even so, our right to have children is inherently different from our right to free speech and right to life because procreation is our biological right. As I mentioned earlier, we are using our own body to do what we want. To say the least, we do not need licenses to engage in sex, so it makes no sense to require one for
The ideas of “care” and “justice” are fundamental measures in our everyday lives. While both of these values for living are critical elements for leading a fulfilled life, they are not completely complimentary to each other. Micheal Sandel’s Justice: What’s the Right Thing to Do? Is a proponent of justice-based philosophy. On the other hand, Virginia Held’s The Ethics of Care is an advocate for care-based philosophy, which questions the priority that other philosophers have put on justice thus far in the discussion of ethics. Held asserts that, “the focus of the ethics of care is on the compelling moral salience of attending to and meeting the needs of the particular others for whom we take responsibility” (Held 10). Care Ethics are intended
The main issue, as is so often the case with controversial subjects has been lost along the way. Everyone has become caught up in the right vs. left fight and ensuing name calling so few people are truly paying attention to the children themselves. America already has enough laws. What parents need most is education and support, not legislation. Also, those without children need to mind their own business and stick to subjects they have experience with, not just opinions. Having been a child does not give one insight into how to raise a child.
Virginia Held brings up many criticisms of traditional ethical theories in her essay. The ethics of care can be considered as a suitable substitution for other widely accepted ethical theories such as Kantian ethics. The ethics of care recognizes the importance of interpersonal relationships, especially those within the family unit. All people need care at some point during their life, be it at birth or old age. Caring for people that can not provide sufficient care for themselves is a fundamental part of a moral society. Ethical theories based on the importance of a rational and independent individual excludes the importance of interpersonal reliance.
Another huge ethical topic is the patient’s right to choose autonomy in the refusal of life-saving medicine or treatment. This issue affects a nurse’s standards of care and code of ethics. “The nurse owes the patient a duty of care and must act in accordance with this duty at all times, by respecting and supporting the patient’s right to accept or decline treatment” (Volinsky). In order for a patient to be able make these types of decisions they must first be deemed competent. While the choice of patient’s to refuse life-saving treatment may go against nursing ethical codes and beliefs to attempt and coerce them to get treatment is trespass and would conclude in legal action. “….then refusal of these interventions may be regarded as inappropriate, but in the case of a patient with capacity, the patient must have the ultimate authority to decide” (Volinsky). While my values of the worth of life and importance of action may be different than others, as a nurse I have to learn to set that aside and follow all codes of ethics whether I have a dilemma with them or not. Sometimes with ethics there is no right or wrong, but as a nurse we have to figure out where to draw the line in some cases.
People should have to get a license to become parents "Empathy underlies virtually everything that makes society work--like trust, altruism, collaboration, love, charity. Failure to empathize is a key part of most social problems--crime, violence, war, racism, child abuse and inequality just to name a few” (Perry 4). Humans are capable of some serious cruelty. It is on the news everyday with people criticizing, insulting, bullying, assaulting, and killing each other. Much of this behavior is caused by a lack of empathy, which is supposedly an instinctive trait, though not all are able to effectively use it.
Women’s and men’s would have to have a license at the age when they have a job and can support themselves before they become parents or after having a child if they want to stay with the children. This is because not everyone has the budgets to take care of a baby. Also a lot of people just have a baby to get benefits from the government. Although parents nowadays claim that having a child is a natural part of every human’s life is clear there are those who disagree with these. According to family who are against this state that everyone should be parents even if they don’t have knowledge. In other words, these people believe that everyone should be parents without a license. I disagree with this parent’s view that everyone should become a parent whenever they want because there have been cases showing that some people mistreat their kids or abuse of them emotional, sexually and physically. Parents who disagree with this idea are right to argue that having a child is a natural part of human’s life, but they exaggerate when they claim that everyone should have a kid even if they don’t have the budgets. This is a problem because there are many kids suffering because some parents abuse the children or the parents are not mentally and economically stable to afford the best care for the kid. Also, having a child is too expensive and not everyone has the amount to give a better life to the child. Ultimately, what must be kept in mind is that not
I want this and I want that is all you here from an only child. There are many differences between an only child and a child who has siblings. My friend is an only child and there are many differences in the way we act. She always thinks of herself first, but that is not a bad thing. Many of these differences are a result of being an only child.