Category: Ethics
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Ethical Backgrounds of Euthanasia
Table of Contents Introduction The Definition of Euthanasia Assisted Euthanasia Conclusion References Introduction The controversial topic of euthanasia is enveloped with much of ethical debates. Euthanasia advocates state that every person has a complete right to decide whether to die in order to relieve the pain and suffering connected with a terminal illness. These views…
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Ethics of Using Animals in Medical Research
The use of animals in medical research, testing, and experiments provokes debates because of the non-ethical nature of treating animals for scientific and medical purposes. On the one hand, people traditionally use animals to satisfy their basic needs. On the other hand, animals should be seen from an ethical point of view, and any cruelty…
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Code of Ethics in Information Technology Sphere
The Code of Ethics regulates employee behavior, describes the company’s ideology, contains strict rules of conduct at work, and describes the policy regarding co-founders, management, and clients. From the code of ethics, employees learn how to best behave in a company in a given situation, as well as the values that are useful to society…
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Ethical Principles Tantamount to the Research Involving Human Subjects
Two general ethical principles followed in nursing that can be discussed as tantamount to conducting the research involving human subjects are the respect for person and human dignity and truth telling. It is possible to state that these ethical principles are directly related to the ethics of the research involving human subjects because the principle…
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The Views of Ethical Theorists: Immanuel Kant and Peter Singer
Table of Contents Introduction Discussion Conclusion Reference Introduction Ethics is a critical examination of how and why people should act. Animal ethics is the branch of ethics concerned with how and why nonhuman animals should be considered in moral decisions. Despite their many differences, the most commonly recognized ethical systems all defend nonhuman animal moral…
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The Ethical Principles of Conducting Research
Table of Contents Introduction The Ethics Commission’s Operations The Principle of Respect for People The Principles of Beneficence and Justice Conclusion References Introduction Research in psychology is inevitably associated with human beings. The professional performance of a psychologist-experimentalist is a complex and responsible endeavor since it can involve the fate of people. An experimental study…
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Social Responsibility and Ethics
Social responsibility is “the obligation of a business towards the society” (Ferrell and Fraedrich, 6). The economic responsibility contributes to the economic development of the society by producing goods and essential products. Legal responsibility includes the laws that they have to follow. Ethical standards, the ones expected by the society but not required by law,…
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The Belmont Report on Ethics of Research
The Belmont Report was created as an endeavor to summarize the core principles of ethical research identified by the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research. The need for the report emerged after the signing of the National Research Act in 1974 (“The Belmont report,” 1979). Among the tasks…
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A Civil Commitment and Ethical Issues Journal
Table of Contents How to Be Cognizant of the Ethical Issues How to Work Through Them Role of Ethics in Assessment of Special Population Thoughts in Singling out the Special Population References Ethical issues associated with involuntary hospitalization do create a dilemma in dealing with patients with cognitive issues. In hospital settings there are qualified…
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Artificial Technology’s Ethical, Social, Legal Issues
Introduction Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to the creation of intelligent machines that can perform actions that were traditionally reserved for human beings. Another definition describes AI as the study and design of intelligent objects or agents that can follow human thoughts, and as a result, perform acts that are commonly performed by humans (Acton, 2013).…