Category: Ethics

As readers, we generally presume journalists are a reliable source for news and information. Given this general assumption, it is important that journalists uphold a certain standard of ethics to ensure they are a trustworthy source for their readers. Spreading false information or withholding certain facts from the public could result in serious consequences, as…

According to me the ethical decision is if the drug is approved than we should do the clinical trials in Albania and use a part of the profits to Start up a compassionate use program in Albania, even though setting up a distribution system and training doctors to administer the drug, monitor patients for adverse…

Life and everything that occurs during one’s lifetime is a series of trials and tribulations that God puts you through in order to test an individual. Life has a purpose and in order to succeed one must have a set of rules or things to abide by or to guide their life. If you purchase…

Time travel is ethical because we can learn about the past, solve unsolved crimes, and visit lost loved ones. Time travel has shown that can be very helpful in most cases. Lacking knowledge about how the future will evolve given changes to the past is no different than lacking full knowledge about the future consequences.…

The importance of ethics in our daily life can not be overestimated. The significance of ethical behavior is seen at the underlying foundations of mankind. It is the establishment of a human progress. We as individuals are guided by our moral standards in the social orders we make. Virtue ethics and are the two ethical…

Table of contents Baby Theresa’s Case: A Complex Ethical Quandary The Definition of Death Organ Donation Beneficence vs. Non-Maleficence Organ Donation Ethics Autonomy Beneficence Non-Maleficence Justice Applying Ethical Principles to Baby Theresa’s Case Autonomy Beneficence Non-Maleficence Justice Living Organ Donation: Complex Ethical Considerations Risk-Benefit Analysis Informed Consent Alternative Options Conclusion The case of Baby Theresa,…

All of morality aims at the same thing but there are several basic ways to get there. If you prefer, each approach is like a different tool a hammer, a nail, a level. Using the right tool for the right job makes it easier to do your work and increases the chances that you’ll wind…

The problem of evil is described by the scholastic philosophers of the middle ages, mainly Decartes, Spinoza, Malebranche and Leibniz. The primary development of the philosophical thought on the subject of evil was represented mainly with the starting point of Leibniz, ‘evil was a privation of goodness’. In his ‘traditional privation theory’, Leibniz states that…

There are enough open doors in life for everyone to have a successful and happy future. However, there are also many things in life that can abruptly close those doors right in your face, such as war. War can never be justified because not only is it unethical, but it completely destroys the spirit of…

Philosophers have debated the issue of the morality of war for centuries, and have concluded that there is, in fact, such a thing as a just war; and a just way of waging war. Jeff McMahan has written about the origins of the just war theory and how it is being challenged by the changing…