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. Who are you? What do you do? How many HUB classes have you taken? Why are you in the Human Behavior program? Hello! My name is Kylee Layfield. Currently, I am a full-time student working towards my master's. I have done everything, from management in a restaurant and leadership in a warehouse to, more recently, working in ABA. I decided I was unhappy with my career options and knew the only way to gain a career in a field I was passionate about was to go back to school. This is my 6th course in the program, so I am halfway there! I decided to pursue my degree in Human Behavior because I have always been interested in how we behave and the why. I cannot wait to get to know all of you, and I hope everyone has a great next four weeks! An army surgeon performs an unnecessary operation on a battalion commander merely to remove him from battle because he lost too many men. How does this relate to a consequentialist (practical) approach to morality? Do you feel that, in this case, the end justifies the means? Is there ever a time when a good end justifies any means to attain it? If so, when? If not, why? As we know, consequentialism is an ethical theory that the consequences can define. The most common example is lying and whether it is ethical. Consequentialism states that it is ethical if it is going to save someone. Therefore, a surgeon performing an unnecessary operation to remove him from battle would be considered ethical because he was merely trying to keep the commander alive. As for other instances in life, the ends are justified only when they will not affect other people. As we get older, we are more in tune with what is justifiable versus what is not. One thing that comes to mind is, “ Is there ever a time when a good end justifies any means to attain it?” would be lying on a resume to ensure you get the job. Although the good (getting the job) justifies lying, it does not mean it is ethical, and that is why I believe this is something a person learns with age, experience, and knowledge.

Week 1 Reply #1 I enjoyed reading your post. That is true. Another person could believe what I consider morally right is entirely wrong, and vice versa. Therefore, I agree when you say it is subjective and falls towards the one who is in authority to form the opinion. Considering the quote, “ Morally right action is the action that produces the best results" (Khan, 2016, p. 4). It makes me think about my example regarding lying on a resume to ensure the job. Although lying is morally considered wrong, the action would produce the best results, meaning it was ethically correct. Coming into this discussion topic, I did not think someone would side the other way, saying the surgeon's actions were unjustified. After hearing your argument against the other side, I can see how you drew to that conclusion, although I disagree. This makes your statement about whether or not something is morally and ethically right subjective even more substantial. You m ake a good point when you say the surgeon's actions will interfere with the opposing people in the war, leading you to believe it was an unethical choice. But when it comes to consequentialism, the theory states that it is ethical if it will save someone's life. The surgeon's decision to perform an unnecessary surgery saved the commander's life, and the actions following this event may have shifted things in favor of saving others. Week 1 Reply #2 Again, this is another perspective I should have seen. I can completely understand why you came to this conclusion. Being a nurse and in the military makes this a hypothetical scenario more real. Coming from a family of nurses, I shared your thoughts and opinions with my mother and aunt. Unsurprisingly, they agreed with you and said that the surgeon, although trying to perform a good deed, would be a form of abuse because the surgery was unnecessary. This leads me to question my moral standing and whether or not I think ethically with all that I do. I hold a high standard regarding the morality of things, but I may not think of scenarios from an ethical standpoint. I enjoy hearing others' point of view regarding this scenario. Week Two Discussion

Discuss the Berlin Code of 1931. Was Hitler correct in his decision? Why or why not? How does this action reflect the political correctness of the era? Would it be possible today? The Berlin Code of 1900 is the Berlin Declaration on Biomedical Research. The document outlined the ethical principles and guidelines for conducting medical experiments on human subjects. Microbiologist Rudolf Virchow sought more ethical behaviors in the medical field upon learning about another microbiologist, Albert Neisser, who injected human subjects without knowledge with a serum made from the blood of syphilis patients. William Osler, William Welch, and Rudolf Virchow wrote the first ethical code to meet specific conditions before humans could be used in medical research. In 1931, Adolf Hitler altered this code of ethics, stating that this rule of conditions did not apply to Jews, gypsies, and the mentally disabled population. Hitler claimed such people were not citizens and, therefore, had no rights. Hitler’s decision in the era was unimportant, but that does not make it correct. Before and after this period, humans were fighting for fundamental rights. Slavery had been abolished (1865), and women were finally considered citizens (1875); fast forward to 1931, and it seems we are taking steps backward and committing hate crimes again. But as they say, history repeats itself. In this era, it would never be possible. It is not ethical or politically correct to not protect all humans as equals. All are to be informed and ensure consent before receiving treatment. “To establish the institutional protection of citizens’ rights in the field of health care, it is advisable to make significant changes in domestic legislation, for which it is necessary to thoroughly analyze it, based on the identification of patterns, certain methods and systematization, which, will act as one from areas of bioethical expertise. In the most general form, the ethics committee should be a specialized structure dealing with ethical issues of medical and biological sciences, examination of research projects and examination of draft laws, development of necessary recommendations, as well as the development of innovative policies in the field of health care” Kozodaev, S. P. (2023) In this era there are always developments being made for human rights in the medical field. Improving and staying ethically correct is always number one. Kozodaev, S. P. (2023). Ethical examination in the field of medical research: a way to protect human rights. Analytical and Comparative Jurisprudence, 1, 81–87. https://doi.org/10.24144/2788-6018.2023.01.13 Week 2 Replies

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