Day: February 7, 2020

Utilitarianism

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Discuss and define utilitarianism.  Analyze how a utilitarian would view the issue within your community.  Discuss and define deontological ethics, social justice ethics, OR virtue ethics  in relation to utilitarianism.  Analyze how a person holding an ethical view would view the issue within your community. Discuss and define your ethical viewpoint. Using your ethical viewpoint, analyze how you feel about the issue .

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Informed Consent: Max Perrin Case Study

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Max Perrin, a 55-year-old male, was brought to the ER by the local rescue squad following a suicide attempt by means of consuming rat poison. The ER physician, Dr. Christopher LeMarke, recognized him immediately, as did the ER nurses. He had been a regular in the facility, having visited for his primary medical care and for two previous suicide attempts within the past eighteen months. During the previous visits his history had been explored completely. He was divorced, alienated from his adult children, and chronically depressed, but was not considered sufficiently impaired that he could be declared incompetent.

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