I thought it ended in chaos and disrespect was again demonstrated by VP Biden. ObamaCare Biden- didn’t really discuss or back ObamaCare all he focused on was how Romney/Ryan was going to take a way Medicare and Medicare benefits. (Broken record) Ryan- Again tried to explain how Romney/Ryan would save Medicare and again Biden caused chaos and didn’t let Ryan get a full sentence out. I felt the debate was a little out of control at this time and Biden was being very rude and unprofessional. Abortion Ryan- was heartfelt honest on his view s of abortion, and pro-life choice.
Off the Precipice into the Gorge: Why Utilitarianism Can’t Save Us Introduction In his article, “A Critique of Utilitarianism” Bernard Williams is concerned that consequentialism has found plausibility in people’s minds due to a misunderstanding of and negative reaction to non-consequentialist theories. [1] Though he does not offer an alternative ethical theory, Williams successfully takes on the project of exploring how utilitarianism and those who uncritically embrace it have accepted an unworkable standard for defining right actions. Williams offers a unique and penetrating thesis: to define right action only by reference to whether it produces a good “state of affairs” necessitates a fundamental clash between an agent’s moral character and that allegedly right action. [2] In its attempt to compensate and maintain viability as a moral theory, utilitarianism smuggles into its calculus the agent’s non-utilitarian-based moral feelings. For a conscientious observer, this double standard should seriously cause him to question the ability of a consequentialist perspective to prescribe satisfactory moral understanding and guidance.
In this particular case, Murray does a great job sharing personal experiences upon his argument of whether there should be more vocational schools and stop using a college degree as a requirement for jobs, but stands defenseless due to the omission of statistics where only one statistic stands to defend his position. In Anglesey’s article “How Can I Incorporate Evidence into My Paper” she states that “[one needs] the author’s expertise to solidify [their] claim” which Murray does not do successfully in his paper, which ultimately weakens the evidence Murray can provide to specify his opposition and argument. Moreover, the type of evidence Murray could have recognized to portray a logical standpoint would have been to include facts of pursing high educational degrees and comparing them to those individuals searching for jobs without an efficient education. Also, including data of how past and present years have on individuals with the qualifications of education end of pursing high paying jobs. Murray could have went in so many directions rather than just providing one fact and relying on the rest of his essay on personal
It also appears, however, to be a very fine line between preventing an illegal kick-back and disrupting a legitimate fee for a necessary service by an authorized professional. While it is important to discourage the former, some feel that expanding on the already broad statute for the purpose of sealing a few loopholes might accomplish more of the latter. “Because the law is broad on its face, concerns have already arose among health care providers that some relatively innocuous, and in some cases even beneficial, commercial arrangements are currently prohibited by the anti-kickback law” (Office of Inspector General, 1999). It is for these reasons that after careful consideration of all of the various resource materials used to complete this study, I must conclude that although the potential to exploit the healthcare system in the aforementioned manner still exists, the risk/reward balance has been tipped in the favor of integrity since the advent of anti-kickback
Other physicians who argue that placebos are unethical do not disagree they can help, but believe the patient should know what they are receiving. This debate over placebos will continue until there are laws forbidding the use of placebos without the patients consent. This is specifically why all countries need to act on making these laws. Making laws that pertain to the use of placebos will not only stop unethical use but also increase trust in physician-patient relationships and provide more means of safety for the patients. One of the biggest issues with physicians prescribing placebos is they are doing so without even telling their patients what it is.
Political Correctness hasn’t gone far enough Today im here to talk to you about whether or not political correctness has gone far enough. There are a number of reasons why political correctness hasn’t gone far enough and it is because political correctness protects people that are from a different race, people who are seen different by society, such as disabled people and people’s religious beliefs. Political correctness breaks the barrier of putting people in different categories and instead people become one and they can respect each other’s differences without controversy. Firstly, I would like to argue the fact that people do not have the right to question and judge the identity others have created for themselves. Andrew Bolt, a writer to the Herald Sun writes, ‘Her father was Swiss, and her mother only part aboriginal.
B) “It is not possible to prove God’s existence through definition alone” Gaunilo would agree with this statement and use his example of gossip. A person could describe to you their family member in such vivid details, but you need to see this family member in order to confirm if the person is true because gossip is unreliable. Gaunilo is suggesting we require evidence in order to prove anything. Aquinas would agree with Gaunillo and say in order to prove God’s existence we need the five ways. Aquinas Five ways consisted of motion, causation of existence, contingent and necessary objects, the argument for degrees and perfection and the argument for intelligent design.
He suggested that without physician buy-in the plan wouldn’t work. He also shared the Board would not support an idea that secures funding through banks, because they believed that donors would not give once this happened. Dr. Bernauer suggested that selling Glen River to a for-profit hospital management company or making it a profit making hospital owned by the doctors would fix the problem (Drucker, 2009). Dr. Bernauer’s comments contained some truth, but they were slightly short sighted. Robbins and Judge (2011) emphasize the importance of group understanding and buy-in for organizational decisions.
When Thucydides speaks of moral disintegration brought by the war, he must mean that prevailing ethical standards ceased to be observed – people no longer thought of their obligations towards friends and neighbors, but only of their immediate profit. Considering religion as a primary support of integrity and conventions, Thucydides proffers to the refined academic privileged ‘a more sophisticated defense of nomos that does not require rooting in the man’s nature’ (Dune 2010: 69). Although the ‘language and conventions are arbitrary but essential’ (Dune 2010: 69) for Thucydides, he believes that excellence, virtue (aretē, areti), and the spirit of equality (isotita) constitutes the modern city-state pedestal offered to all citizens to serve their polis. Later realists such as Machiavelli and Hobbes suggest that while ethics has its own sphere within the community of a certain state, the attempt to regulate
The case for being a pacifist “There are many causes I would die for. There is not a single cause I would kill for.” ― Mahatma Gandhi “First, it must be emphasized that nonviolent resistance is not a method for cowards; it does resist. If one uses this method because he is afraid or merely because he lacks the instruments of violence, he is not truly nonviolent…. A second basic fact that characterizes nonviolence is that it does not seek to defeat or humiliate the opponent, but to win his friendship and understanding….The end is redemption and reconciliation. The aftermath of nonviolence is the creation of the beloved community, while the aftermath of violence is tragic bitterness.” Martin Luther King, Jr Nowadays, pacifism is not popular.