Interpreted Ethical Principles

Actions and inactions all have moral implications; they are either right or wrong depending on the individual and what s/he believes or feels is right or wrong. Each person’s conduct can and does have implications and ramifications. For every action there is an equal and/or opposite reaction not only for the average person but also for professionals; especially in the area of law enforcement, criminal justice, and criminal procedure. Just discussed is known as moral philosophy.

Every day we are faced with certain situations that challenge us with how to act in an ethical manner. It can be human nature to feel unsure or conflicted with the correct moral choice. Some can say that one should know how to handle such dilemmas and others may say that there should be a reference of some sort to help guide through such conflicts. Sometimes we know the answers and sometimes we are unsure of how to handle certain situations. Most times we go through life wondering what we should do. As I become further educated on the different theories of ethics, I believe there are answers that are available in guiding one through an ethical dilemma and or judgment. I will discuss Vincent Ruggiero’s three basic criteria, Robert Kegan’s order of consciousness, the three schools of ethics and the correlation between all three.

Henrietta Lacks, a woman that died of cervical cancer in 1951, single handedly changed the field of science. Not long before she passed away, a doctor took a sample of her cancer cells, the cells from her cervix were later on named HeLa cells, and these cells helped pave the way to numerous experiments and research all over the world. Even though HeLa brought along many achievements with its discovery, it also brought disappointments to some researchers, and pain for her family. You see, she nor her family consented to her cells being sampled, or the amounts of experiments and research that occurred after. Her family was never aware that such actions even took place. Even so, on February 1st, 1951, the day Henrietta Lacks walked in to John

This paper will examine two out of the Three Primary School of Ethics. The dilemma consists of: A married couple, both addicted to drugs, is unable to care for their infant daughter. She is taken from them by court order and placed in a foster home. The years pass. She comes to regard her foster parents as her real parents. They love her as they would their own daughter. When the child is 9 years old, the natural parents, rehabilitated from drugs, begin court action to regain custody. The case is decided in their favor. The child is returned to them, against her will. The two ways to approach this dilemma is Rule-based thinking and Care-based thinking. Ruled-based thinking emphasizes on rules and just trying to do the right thing. Care-based

Many of us want to be the best version of ourselves and we strive to achieve this by doing what we believe is right. However, doing the right thing is much harder than what we think. When faced with difficult situations in life, we often find ourselves at war between choosing what we believe is right versus what the society think we should do. We all have different life perspectives, hence what’s right for us may not be right for others. When dealing with ethical dilemma, it’s important to weigh the good and the bad in order to be effective in decision-making. It’s also important to see things from other peoples’ point of view to avoid making assumptions and using unbiased judgment. These things are not easy to do, but they’re the best approach to

With so many varying views on morals and ethics, trying to use reason in ethics without resorting to emotional judgments is difficult. The first stop to overcoming this obstacle is to begin by studying ethical theories. Once a good grasp of the theories has been established, the next task is to create an extreme hypothetical situation and apply the theories to it. Once this can be achieved correctly, it will become easier to make ethical decisions in day-to-day life. Following this process the situation is thus:

In Paul and Elder’s Mini- Guide “Understanding the Foundations of Ethical Reasoning”, Paul and Elder explains, the development of ethical reasoning and seek to provide public administrators with the tools and understandings for reasoning through ethical issues and problems. The authors start this guide by explaining the concept of ethics and how it can often create confusion by their counterfeits, such as the domains of social conventions, ideological thinking, and legal thinking. On numerous of occasions ethics is being confused with the very different modes of thinking. Paul and Elder conclude by clarifying, it is essential, to differentiate ethics from other modes of thinking. Ethics essentially provides us the true distinction between what is morally right and what is morally wrong.

Discerning the right choice can be described, in its simplest form, as following the rules, however, there is no one set of rules—rather these rules can be composed of various sources such as religious texts, legal codes, and philosophy—and it is important to consider multiple sources to effectively determine what is right. These many sources offer various perspectives on what is right such as the Bible’s Ten Commandments and Kant’s rule of universality (199). Using multiple sources for this lens can help one see the nuances of ethical dilemmas and offer a clearer perspective on what is right. Maintaining one source of rules as the highest set of ethical norms can result in unethical decision. For example, “the law is not the sole repository of a society’s moral standards and values, even when the law is directly concerned with moral problems” (Beauchamp and Bowie 4). Turning only to

This paper here is intended to identify the moral responsibility that best works for my profession. I will compare and contrast what ethical theory’s will work best in my opinion. Virtue is similar in the way that the rest of is a good deed or good action, but it is more so of your character and personality. It is the good that you do, or don’t do because of the type of person you are and your beliefs. The philosophical question to be answered is which approach is better at determining what a good action is or what a good rule is? By comparing and contrasting the ideas about duty’s and Virtue I will prove that Aristotle’s view on Virtue is the better ethical theory using examples of situations in my chosen profession of criminal justice.

The question about ethicality has always been ambiguous. How to decide whether a human being act ethically correct? The Nature and Human Values book edited by Sarah Jayne Hitt and Courtney Holles explains three philosophical theories regarding the ethics. The theories gives a general idea on how philosopher approach this matter to decide what kind of act is considered ethical and how to determine it. Even though the theories contradict each other in some aspect, it helps us to understand the general idea on what is considered as an “ethically correct” act.

People do not always respond to things,in a way that they should (Vijayalakshmi & Madegowda, 2014). Laws and Ethics can sometimes be conflicting with one another, given the circumstance (Vijayalakshmi & Madegowda, 2014). There are legal rules that could be insufficient for fulfilling one’s ethical responsibilities. Moreover, unless a legal rule backs up one's ethical belief, a penalty or consequence does not follow when an ethical belief is broken.

Very often we get involved in situations where our values are the only weapons we have to make the right decisions. From the five sources of Ethical standards I learned that in those situations is better follow a simple method to before making a decision: Recognize the ethical issue, get the facts, and evaluate alternative actions. This will give us a higher probability of producing the most good and less harm, doing the right thing, being just, or to reflect our best virtues.

If there is a conflict between human law and a person’s conscience, which should he or she follow? What circumstances should influence his or her decision?

Ethical systems and formal laws together serve to bring order to a world that tends to become disorganized and sometimes violent if ethical views and rules of conduct are not established. Ethical systems that emerge for any given period of historical development may not represent the finest of rules ever conceived, but they are sufficient to hold the growth of humanity in the balance. Along with the emergence of good rules have evolved many others that were bad. These bad rules evolved from errors, delusions, and self-interest.

To that end, I propose that the purpose of a system of ethics should be to identify a self-consistent set of normative claims that would be accepted by any “morally responsible individual”. Where a “morally responsible individual” is defined as someone whom other “morally responsible individuals” identify as such. This definition is obviously self-referential and poses yet more questions that are beyond the scope of this paper. However, this definition can provide a minimal criterion