Academic papers on Ethics

Euthansia in Australia
This 5 page paper considers the legal status of euthanasia in Australia. The paper also makes references to alternate locations where euthanasia has retained a legal status in Holland and Oregon. The paper ends with the consideration of a case of...
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Managed Health Care & Physician: Traditional legal fiduciary duty or limited duty of fidelity?
(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...
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Alcoholics, Recovered Alcoholics, and Liver Transplants
This 8 page report discusses whether or not alcoholics and recovered alcoholics should have an equal opportunity and access to liver transplantation. The simple and undeniable fact is that the number of people with liver disease and other...
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Niccolo Machiavelli's "The Prince"
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...
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Position Paper Concerning Sexuality and Social Policy/Sexual morality
(6 pp) Formalized church attendance is at the lowest it has been for the last twenty years. To believe that the formal church can serve the same function it has in the past, is neither complementary to the church community at large, or to...
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Moral Consciousness: An Influence on Understanding of World Politics?
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...
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Aspects of Morality in Vice and Virtue in Everyday Life
An eight page paper which considers some of the topics of ethics and morality in Sommers
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No Man is an Island
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...
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"Utilitarian Ethics" by Mills and "Kantianism Ethics" by Kant
A 5 page paper which summarizes, compares and contrasts, and analyzes, for weaknesses, the two forms of ethical thought as presented by Mills and Kant. No additional sources cited.
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Responsibility
6 pages in length. Human beings are born with inherent characteristics that set them apart from other members of the animal world; one of the most prominent of these traits is that of responsibility. In a very general sense, maintaining...
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Euthanasia; The Moral Arguments;
This 5 page paper looks at both sides of the argument regarding the use of euthanasia. The paper argues that it may be seen as allowing an individual the right and dignity to both live and die as they wanted, but also recognises and argues that...
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Looking at Bill Clinton through a Motivational Microscope
(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...
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The Path of the Sage: Mencius and Chuang Tzu
(8pp) How are we to attain wisdom? Which way shall we look for it? How will we know it when we see it? Do we have to be moral creatures, how will we know how to do that - the questions of the ages, have not changed that much, possibly it...
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Bill Clinton: Motivation And Emotion Of His Behavior
4 pages in length. The writer discusses the emotion and motivation of Bill Clinton's behavior by referring to Robert Franken's book "Human Motivation." Franken implies that human behavior can not be cast off so simply when what motivates people...
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Ethical Issues Of Cloning
7 pages in length. The writer discusses the ethical concerns over cloning, including the supporting philosophies of Kantianism and utilitarianism. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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