Universal Health Care Ethics

In retrospective, I strongly believe that my parents, my family, my past experiences, and what I 've learned has played an important role in developing my beliefs, what I value, or how I act in a given situation. I believe in veracity, however, will telling the truth cause more harm to a dying person. However, by withholding the truth, am I being honest? Which action will cause more harm telling or withholding the truth? It is a constant struggle, but in this case, I sometimes choose to leave out the truth if the patient does not ask for it. I believe in justice for the victim, but I don 't necessarily believe in the notion of "an eye for an eye." In regards to universal healthcare, does everyone have the right to healthcare? I believe it is a yes and a no in the name of justice. Is it right for the healthy to have their insurance premium go up to support those who abuse the system and constantly asking for a handout? I think not, however, for those who are sick, yes, I support the idea that they should be covered by healthcare. However, I believe they owe it to themselves (and the taxpayer) to make the lifestyle changes to improve their well-being. With all this being said, I like to think that my type of ethics is a combination of virtue ethics and moral particularism.

According to Burkhardt and Nathaniel (2014), "virtue ethics posits that morality rests on the character of the person," (p. 48); and moral particularism "embraces the uniqueness of cases, the culturally significant ethical features, and ethical judgment in each particular case," (p.