Description
Integerative essay on :
Choose one of the following scenario,
- Focus on the ethics of beginning of life
Identify where you stand in these wider questions??
First,
there is the claim that any deliberate termination of human life (beginning around conception) in the womb is wrong in and of itself because such termination is the taking of the life of an innocent human being.
Second,
there is the claim that such deliberate terminations are permissible up to the point at which the fetus is a ‘human person’ because deliberate killing is wrong in and of itself only when the individual is a ‘person’, that is, a being sufficiently developed to have interests, one of which can be assumed to be to want to go on living. Otherwise, deliberate killing does not violate the interests of the individual concerned (because he or she does not have interests), though of course, it may violate the interests of others.
- Based on your chosen perspective (or professional role) describe a scenario (either a real one you have experienced or a hypothetical case) that contains an ethical problem or dilemma.
-Critically discuss two or three ways in which your ethical understanding can inform and (potentially) resolve the problem. - In answering this question say what principles and values relevant to your professional role were relevant and why they were relevant.
Or,
- Focus on the Ethics of End of Life
A/ Question/scenario: Would you ever recommend futile life-sustaining treatment?
Suppose you chose an end of life case involving potential futility of treatment. Your steps in the essay would be:
1/ Describe the case in detail, in a way that shows there is an ethical problem.
2/ Present the argument for or against the continuing treatment
3/ Present reasons for thinking a certain value was key to your decision (say, dignity, or beneficence, or justice…or)
Or,
B/ Question/scenario: Would you err on the side of low dose pain medication fearing a patient would become addicted?
Suppose you chose a case of someone with chronic pain. 1/ Describe the case in detail, in a way that shows there is an ethical problem.
2/ Present considerations on both sides of the argument – the benefits of relieving pain (beneficence principle) – versus the threat of addiction and loss of control (threat to autonomy).
3/ Present reasons for why you made your decision.
Note:
Please note that whatever the question above you choose, should critically analyses the following criteria
1/ Based on your chosen perspective (or professional role) describe a scenario (either a real one you have experienced or a hypothetical case) that contains an ethical problem or dilemma.
2/ Critically discuss two or three ways in which your ethical understanding can inform and (potentially) resolve the problem.
3/ In answering this question say what principles and values relevant to your professional role were relevant and why they were relevant.
4) Reference style = Chicago 16th edition.