Student Name: Veronica Ryan Student No: 20120035 Assignment: Kant Lecturer: Prof: Wamsley Due Date: 23 August 2013 ____________________________________________________________________ Emmanuel Kant was an influential German Philosopher. He was born in Konigsberg in Prussia to Protestant parents he lived from 1724 to 1804. Kant observed the world around him and observed that that every culture religion and society has moral law whether they are obeyed or not. The Formula of Universal Law-
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Deontological theories identify various duties and rights. Duties and obligations have been classified under several categories and they include duties to God‚ oneself and others. Those others include family‚ social and political duties. Basic rights including life‚ liberty and the pursuit of happiness are considered to be natural‚ universal‚ equal‚ and inalienable. The focus of deontological theories is on moral duties or obligations rather than on moral value or goodness. Intentions play a significant
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The Code of Ethics for Nurses This paper discusses the code of ethics of nurses. The nurses are sometimes found in very challenging situations that call for proper decision making. The action taken should not be against this code of ethics. Nurses are guided by a set of laws that are meant to assist them in their duties to offer medical services and at the same time satisfy their patient’s requirements. The code of ethics for the nurses rejects any attempt to perform activities that are
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Ethical Implications The Code of Ethics for Nurses clearly states that nurses are prohibited to participate in assisted suicide and euthanasia‚ it is ethically unacceptable. But Nurses are often in the best position to discuss end-of-life issues‚ they play a vital role in end-of-life care by advocating for their patients wishes and maintaining quality symptom management and support (Ignatavicius & Workman 2010). Euthanasia is legal in four states in the United States‚ these states are Oregano‚ Washington
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Ethics Paper Christina Noto Arizona State University Ethics Paper Nurses should be concerned about values and laws that pertain to patients. There should be concern for those patients that are homeless without insurance and not receiving the care that they should because it goes against the ethical principle beneficence‚ to remove and do no harm. Beneficence‚ is one of the primary ethical principles that guides us to do good for our patients (Epstein & Ward‚ 2016). Ethical principles provide
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As nursing professionals we must be guided by the Code of Ethics‚ which governs and guides us in the right way we should behave as professionals. According to the ANA there are nine provisions that rule the practice of the profession. These are: Autonomy that is the right to choose what happens to our own self. One must be capable to comprehend completely the informed information to make a choice with the four important components liberty‚ self-determination‚ independence and agency. Beneficence
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patients. Also this will help protect them from criminal charges and civil claims when they treat and care for patients. Registered nurses and midwives in the United Kingdom are regulated by the nursing and midwifery council which is a statutory body set by the parliament of the United Kingdom through the Nursing and Midwifery Order (2002).This order aims to investigate allegations‚ lack of competence‚ promoting standards and to safeguard the health and wellbeing of the public. There are different types
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According to the medical dictionary nursing ethics has to do with an association a nurse has with her patients‚ patients’ family‚ her co-workers‚ and society. “The Code (ANA‚ 2001) provides the nurse guidelines for legal and ethical responsibilities to patients and‚ in the broader sense‚ to society” (Lachman‚ 2009‚ p. 87). The other day a senior nurse‚ we will refer to Nurse X‚ on out unit was assigned to care for a young patient in her 40’s‚ she is trached and on a ventilator with multiple surgical
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Deontological moral theory is a Non-Consequentialist moral theory. While consequentialists believe the ends always justify the means‚ deontologists assert that the rightness of an action is not simply dependent on maximizing the good‚ if that action goes against what is considered moral. It is the inherent nature of the act alone that determines its ethical standing. For example‚ imagine a situation where there are four critical condition patients in a hospital who each need a different organ in
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or harming one’s own body. Abortion would most likely be considered harming one’s own body‚ and in addition the life of another body and therefore would be immoral. A virtue ethics perspective may be a little more ambiguous in the dilemma of whether or not to follow through with an abortion. In virtue ethics‚ having courage‚ being sincere and generous‚ and being just generally good it moral and right (Fieser‚ n.d.). However‚ we would need to wonder whether having the courage to have an abortion
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