Ethical Dilemmas In A Foster Home

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The great ethical dilemma If I were provided to solve the dilemma of the married couple who had placed their child in a foster home due to their addictions to drugs, using any two of the following Three Primary Schools of Ethics: “Ends based, Rules based, or Care based”, I would have chosen the ends-based and Care based theories. As we are aware of the current situation, a married couple, both addicted to drugs, are unable to care for their infant daughter. She is taken from them by court order and placed in a foster home. After several years had passed, she informally came to adopt her foster parents as her real parents. At the age of nine years old, the natural parents, rehabilitated from drugs, began court action to regain custody of their…show more content…
I am definitely a pro-family individual. BUT In this case, I would not have favored the natural parents. This is why I would have chosen to use the ends-based and care-based of the Three Primary Schools of Ethics to solve this dilemma. The ends-based and Care based have many differences. As per our lecture this week, the ends-based theory emphasizes on the outcome-specific, methods of thought often imply ideas like "The ends justify the means." It relies more on the good that results from human actions. Therefore, I would focus more on the end result assuming that the natural parents may become repeating offenders after rehabilitation. Although, I believe that everyone deserves a second chance, including me. But I have been a witness of many people who are repeat offenders when it comes to drug addictions. Drug addiction is a horrible disease and cannot be treated easily. As per Stanton Peele, Ph.D., Esq., the 12-step program being used in these rehabilitation programs only uses abstinence to help these offenders to cope with this disease. (Stanton Peele, 2010, Stanton Peele, http://peele.net/lib/court.html). As per this thirty-year experienced doctor, he has seen many of these people fall back into their addictions after rehabilitation. In his lifetime, the doctor had witnessed many of these rehabilitated folks fall of the wagon and they tend to fall hard and fast into binge use, rather as a dieter will gorge…show more content…
In my lifetime, I have watched many step-fathers who have raised a child, spent time with them and watch them reaching adulthood stage. They often become a major figure in those step-children lives. At times, their presence comes to replace the parental figure. I can assume it was similar for the foster parents of this girl. It was also hard for the girl to feel at ease with her natural parents. After experiencing many family issues, I come to realize that being a father or parent is not the ability to give birth; but good parenting is really the time that one takes to love, care and raising a child. The ability to give birth can make one a dad or mom but it does not make you a parent. I would definitely empathize with the foster family for the grief and suffering this rapture may have caused to their family. I would also empathize with the daughter for being traumatized by this tragedy. The care-based theory would definitely be another approach that I would have taken to solve this issue. This issue is definitely something that I would never want to face in my

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