Medical Ethics; Should Healthcare Professionals be Concerned Exclusively with Doing as Much Good as Possible?
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This 19 page paper considers uses the frameworks of consequentionalism including utilitarianism and of deontology as proposed by Kant to examine the role of healthcare professionals and whether they should confine themselves exclusively to action which are ‘good’. This bibliography cites 13 sources.
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Medical Ethics; To Test or Not to Test
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This 5 page paper considers the difficult situation of a child being the potential carrier of a fatal condition; Beta Thalassemia .The paper looks at the arguments for and against her being tested for this condition using both the utilitarian approach and the Kantian approach. The bibliography cites 2 sources.
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Mind Prosthetics:
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This 7 page paper tackles the controversial issue of brain prosthetics, and how technology is headed in this direction. This paper exposes many of the ethical issues involved as well as revealing the specific technologies which are currently available and will be available in the future. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Moral Consciousness: An Influence on Understanding of World Politics?
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An 8 page consideration of whether or moral consciousness imparts a better understanding of world politics. Contends that moral consciousness has distinct phases of development. In the early stages of this development it can be argued that it is shaped by those very factors of which we perceive it as standing in judgment. It can be argued in fact that during these early developmental phases, our understanding, and approval or disapproval, of world politics has more to do with those that are in control than it is any independent characteristic that an individual might possess. It is only when our moral consciousness has reached its full potential, therefore, that we can truly understand world politics and stand in judgment of those politics. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Moral Issues in Medicine; The Use of Age as a Decision Making Factor in Healthcare
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This 16 page paper considers if age is a morally relevant criterion in the distribution of health care resources. The writer considers both young and old age patients. The paper focuses on the UK, but the arguments may be seen as universal. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
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Morals in the Internet Generation
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This 9 page paper uses an article by Lucas Introna on the evils of technology as a springboard for discussion. Has technology eroded society? Detriments of online trading, online gambling and pornography on the Internet is discussed along with deterioration of privacy. Emphasis is placed on the erosion of social capital. Solutions are explored. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Museum of Tolerance
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(5pp) What do you think of these days when you hear the word museum? Probably that it is just a place with old stuff in it, in glass cases, with bad lighting? Right? Not! If that is your concept, then get ready to check out the 'Museum of Tolerance,' in Los Angeles. One of the consultants suggest that it be geared to a seventeen year old mind and attention span. That can be a good thing and a bad thing -but lets check it out… Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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New Zealand Business Ethics
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A 6 page paper that discusses business ethics in New Zealand. Studies consistently indicate that New Zealand has very little corruption in their business community. The writer discusses these studies, the business code of ethics, and new organizations initiated in this nation for the promotion of ethics and social responsibility. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PGnzeth.rtf

Niccolo Machiavelli's "The Prince"
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An 8 page overview of the views of Niccolo Machiavelli in "Il Principe" ("The Prince") written in the sixteenth century. Machiavelli outlines the tactics which he sees important in a ruler advancing the interest of their states and themselves in the future in a unified Italian state. Emphasizes that while these writings could be defended as indicative of Machiavelli's virtuosity and high morals, however, they are really more indicative of a man for whom the end justified the means regardless of how immoral and condemnable those means may have been. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Nietzsche and the Question of Morality
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A 10 page examination of the question of the need for man's morality as supported by Nietzsche, a German philosopher most often known for what is perceived as his opposition to morality. Concludes that Nietzsche's work actually supports rather than denounces the need for morality. Bibliography lists seven sources.
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Nike; Reasons for Overseas Outsourcing;
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This 5 page paper considers why Nike chooses to have the goods it designs and promotes manufactured by external sources, often in third world countries. The paper concentrates on the economic motivations, giving examples of specific cost savings. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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No Man is an Island
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A 5 page paper which discusses the quote, "No man is an island," and asks the question "What is the responsibility of an individual when faced with or exposed to injustice?" The paper focuses on particular novels and texts as they apply to this concept. The works discussed are "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain, "A Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King, "Civil Disobedience" by Thoreau, "On Being a Cripple" by Nancy Mairs, and "I Will Fight No More Forever" by Chief Joseph. No additional sources cited.
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