Recommended: Virtue of ethics and ethics of care
As a consumer, we feel that when we go to the store, we have freedom to choose what we want to eat. However, that freedom is limited and we do not even realize it. Stores choose what to have in stock and we are persuaded to buy the things they have. Let us go back to where the food we see today started to evolve.
In the book The Omnivores Dilemma, by Michael Pollan he brings us on his journey with him through analyzing the model of “four meals” and how our thinking habits have changed the way we choose to eat and go about eating throughout the years and the role our society and the different expectations put on individuals has effected their thoughts and relationship to food. Each section and chapter of the book is broken up into different fads, opinions and findings that Pollan has found along his journey. Throughout the book his pre determined notions and thoughts around our society with food is challenged but also is backed up by different healthful and food activists like himself and how like minded people can differer in opinions and thoughts on how our society has changed involving
Today’s society is surfaced with various problems, one of them being our diet along with obesity. The health of our country’s people has become a national problem. One’s diet is based upon their choices, but even then there are many controversial views upon what is healthy and what is not. Two essays that I read uniquely present their views on this topic. First, there is “Food as Thought: Resisting the Moralization of Eating” by Mary Maxfield and then there is “Don’t Blame the Eater” by David Zinczenko.
There are many things that define and promotes the use of accreditation as a means of accountability across the continuum of care. The market, regulation, and professionalism all affect the use of accreditation as a means of accountability across the continuum of care. The role of the market play in defining and promoting the use of accreditation as means of accountability across the continuum of care is that money talks. Health care purchasers and consumers can use money as a mean to stimulate organizations to improve quality by either rewarding or punishing the organization base on performance or progress. (1) Healthcare consumers and purchasers are demanding more information regarding quality of care.
The position of moral patients is that they are unable to formulate moral principles. For this reason they are unable to be judged as being in the right
From birth, humans are nurtured and cared for by those who raise them into adulthood. They are fed, loved, and taught how to survive because of a basic human trait of kindness. As humans, we genetically and instinctually need to be kind in at least one aspect of our lives: reproduction. If we are not kind to our children and do not raise them, our genetic line will not proliferate any farther. Kindness that is showed to others, like strangers, is a necessary trait taught to humans by those who raise them, as kindness and cooperation keep the community healthy and successful.
Healthcare Ethics: Savior Siblings A current ethical debate in the world of healthcare is Savior siblings. A savior sibling is a child who is born to be genetically compatible with a sibling that is suffering from a life-threatening disease. The child is born to provide either organ or cell transplant, and/or blood transfusions for the ill sibling. The child is created through in vitro fertilization (IVF), once the embryo goes through preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), it helps identify genetic defects within the embryos.
women’s life experiences, care ethics start first with real people and an ethical comprehension, that when responding to the needs of others, that one is accountable. There is a difference between traditional theories, and care ethics because care ethics are in opposition to the assumption the greater good is a better position than focusing on individual needs, and that individuals should be treated as unique and not in generalizations, according to Buriner (2003). Burnier (2003) offers several features of care ethics, but I choose to discuss only three of them. The first is that people are real and have tangible, specific needs that, in line with care ethics, must be considered by those responsible for their well-being.
Virtue ethics is currently one of three major approaches in normative ethics. It may, initially, be identified as the one that emphasizes the virtues, or moral character, in contrast to the approach that emphasizes duties or rules (deontology) or that emphasizes the consequences of actions (consequentialism). What distinguishes virtue ethics from the other theories is the centrality of virtue within the theory. Whereas consequentialists will define virtues as traits that yield good consequences and deontologists will define them as traits possessed by those who reliably fulfill their duties, virtue ethicists will resist the attempt to define virtues in terms of some other concept that is taken to be more fundamental. Rather, virtues and vices
Moral Theories When considering what has influenced my ability to manage conflict through ethical decision making, I feel that formal moral theories have best allowed me to clearly articulate what I believe is “right, good, virtuous or just” (Cahn, 2013, p. 3). I appreciate how each theory provides a unique structure for managing conflict, however, I find that independently they insufficiently meet the demands of this profession. Consequently, I have adopted features of Virtue Ethics, the Ethics of Care, and the Ethics of Justice to develop my own personal philosophy. The key features of each theory which I most strongly agree with will be examined in greater detail below. Virtue Ethics.
Today life is on the fast track. People are always on the go and don’t have time to properly take care of themselves or their families. For most Americans, fast food and junk food are ready to grab for a snack or a quick dinner. They don’t slow down to think about how the foods they are eating effect their long term health. Fewer and fewer families take the time to prepare a nutritious meal and are passing down bad habits to their children.
As virtue ethics purports, humans need experience, emotional maturity, reflection, and training in order to acquire moral wisdom. This cannot be gained simply by learning a rule and applying it to all situations regardless of your experience. Virtue ethics is also based on character traits. These traits take into account your intentions and what you are thinking which seem like a reasonable choice for an ethical decision. Now examine act utilitarianism.
The idea of virtue ethics was first introduced to the world by Aristotle over 2,300 years ago in 325 BC (Rachels 173). Virtue ethics operate on the belief that people develop good character by looking at the virtues they admire in other people and emulating them. In order to do this, a person must ask themselves what kind of person they want to be and focus on choosing characteristics not specific people to emulate. Unfortunately, virtue ethics were quickly overshadowed by other perspectives on ethical theory as Christianity gained popularity and values changed. As time went on people stopped asking themselves, “What traits make a good person?”
The Context: An unhealthy diet can lead to disease. There is a large body of evidence linking poor diet to overweight and obesity as well as cancer and diabetes. Standard approaches to overweight and obesity reduction have assumed that individuals’ food related behaviour is carried out via rational decision making process ( Just & Payne, 2009) . However, inter-disciplinary research in behavioural theory and food choice indicates that people do not behave in a rational manner, and that environment plays a major role in influencing the choice of a person (Stewart Palmer, 2012).
Virtue ethics started drawing attention since the modern ethics exposed its limitation and reconsideration about the priority was needed. Contemporary ethics focus on “What we should do”, instead of “What kind of person we should do”. In consequence, the moral codes in modern era solely emphasizes moral duty and rules, while neglecting personality and character of individuals. Virtue ethics support the traditional criterion that consider moral virtue and personality of individuals as important. The virtue of good engineer includes creativity, good understanding of culture, morality, and capability of communication.
