Is It Ethical For Drug Companies To Provide Freebies To Physicians Given The High Cost Of Drugs?
[ send me this paper ]
5 pages in length. The high cost of drugs precludes many people from obtaining the medications they need in order to remain healthy. Examining the ethical nature of drug companies dispensing free samples to physicians by way of Immanual Kant's philosophy, one finds that mankind is under both moral and ethical obligations within the scope of existence. In his book entitled Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals, Kant (1948) is instrumental in stating that universal law of good can only exist if what is right for one person is also extended to the next. If a certain action is viewed as being right for one individual then it must be right for all others to do the same, as well. In effect, breaking one's moral commitment is to abandon one's sense of ethical relativism, a concept that examines the wide and varying societal rules binding one to one's cultural existence. No additional sources cited.
Filename: TLCDrugF.rtf

Is Moral Virtue Taught, Acquired By Practice Or Innate?
[ send me this paper ]
6 pages in length. The writer argues that moral virtue is acquired by practice and based upon the dictates of various cultural societies. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TLCMrlVr.rtf

Kant And Confucius: Foundations Of Ethics
[ send me this paper ]
5 pages in length. The philosophical ideals of both Confucian and Kantian theory are what make people the morally minded creatures they strive to be in contemporary society, noting that there is no wrong or right with regard to each man's foundation of ethics. To delve into the concepts of morality and knowledge is to examine the wide and varying societal rules that bind one to one's cultural existence. Due in large part to Confucius and Kant's enlightened writings, the world has come to view these elements as society's most significant links to a spiritually civilized existence. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: TLCKantC.rtf

Kant and Mill on Euthanasia
[ send me this paper ]
This 5 page paper provides an overview of the central views of Kant and Mill as they apply to perspectives on euthanasia, also known as assisted suicide. This paper considers the ethical reasons behind the use of euthanasia as they are defined by an understanding of Kant's Critique of Practical Reason and Mill's Utilitarianism. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MHkanmil.wps

Kantian Ethics in Military Duty
[ send me this paper ]
A 3 page paper evaluating the ethics of a blatant case of military fraternization and favoritism, discussed from the perspective of Kant’s philosophy. The paper urges the individual caught in the middle to exercise Kant’s categorical imperative. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSethicsKantCorporal.rtf

King and Plato's Views on Citizens' Rights Compared
[ send me this paper ]
This 5 page paper evaluates this topic with the use of Plato's Crito and Martin Luther King's Letter from a Birmingham Jail. King's position is supported. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: SA343MLK.rtf

Law & Ethics / Not Always the Same Thing
[ send me this paper ]
A 3 page essay discussing the differences between law and ethics. The case of Affirmative Action and the relevance of just laws are used to illustrate points made about law & ethics together. Law&Ethc.wps
Filename: Law&Ethc.wps

Looking at Bill Clinton through a Motivational Microscope
[ send me this paper ]
(6pp) McClelland asserted that people acquired different needs over time as a result of life experiences. He identified three needs that affect motivation of individuals and organizations: "1. Need for Achievement - The desire to do something better or more efficiently to solve problems, or to grasp and solve complex problems. 2. Need for Affiliation - The desire to establish and maintain friendly and warm relations with others. 3. Need for Power - The desire to control others, to influence their behavior, or to be responsible for others." Bill Clinton is used as the case study for these motivational theories. Bibliography lists 3 sources. BBclintn.doc
Filename: BBclintn

Making Ethical Decisions
[ send me this paper ]
This 3 page paper looks at the ethical decision-making process. How should ethical decisions be made? Two models are discussed. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: SA314eth.rtf

Managed Health Care & Physician: Traditional legal fiduciary duty or limited duty of fidelity?
[ send me this paper ]
(20pp) Managed health care has presented problems to both physician and patient. This discussion examines major issues and possible changes. Including analyzing the nature of the duty of physician -patent relationship between a traditional legal fiduciary duty and a limited duty of fidelity. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: BBmcoPhy.doc

Medical Ethics – Doing Good
[ send me this paper ]
A 6 page paper that discusses medical ethics in general and beneficence or doing good in particular. The thesis is that health care professionals should be concerned exclusively with doing as much good as possible. Five ethical principles are identified and explained. The fact that one is often at odds with another is also discussed, such as beneficence and nonmaleficence or autonomy and beneficence. The writer concludes that doing as much good as is possible is not an easy principle to live by. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PGmedet.rtf

Medical Ethics: Informed Consent
[ send me this paper ]
A 5 page paper which examines the ethical medical reality of informed consent. The paper argues that informed consent is ethically necessary. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAcnsnt.rtf