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The Methods Of Health Care Ethics

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 Methods in health care Ethics Additionally to Emotivism, formalism, and consequentialism, several other Ethical systems are used in the United States, some existed before the Enlightenment thinking. I. Legalism or Positivism Morality or ethics as seen as a code of laws, in other words the acceptance of ethical behavior is merely based on acceptable social standards of a particular culture. (Ashley, Benedict M., O 'Rourke, Kebin D.) II. Religious Legalism Laws or moral norms derived from Holly Scriptures (Bible, Qur’an), this norms are seen as “God will”, blind submission to God; this remains common among Christians, and predominant among Protestants. Catholics does not agree with this, as they emphasis that blind submission to God does not image the likeliness of God. Does not allow for us to understand the why? God wants us understand the reason behind each commandment. (Ashley, Benedict M., O 'Rourke, Kebin D.)  The Moral System of the Catholic Church Is a combination of God’s Commandments and natural law . It says that there is a reason for each of the commandments. For example “You shall not commit adultery”. Cheating in a relationship, hurts the other partner also, hurts the person involved on the action of cheating, breaches the trust given, can lead to many other problems or complications. In other words Catholic Church teaches the commandments but also, explains the reasoning why God has forbidden such behavior. (Ashley, Benedict M., O 'Rourke, Kebin D.) I.

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