Question

Determine which ethical perspective is primarily reflected in each of the 6 arguments below and explain why.

A = Rule utilitarianism
B = Kantian ethics
C = Virtue ethics
D = Care ethics
E = Social contract ethics
F = Subjective relativism
G = Cultural relativism
H = Divine command theory
I = Act utilitarianism

1. Margarita spoke with her family and they all agreed that they would let her take the medication that would allow her to die peacefully instead of in pain.
2. Souerette watched over the children in the daycare meticulously. She knew which children she could trust alone because of their behaviors with each other.
3. He does not have the right character and temperament to be a state governor. He avoided service by faking a medical condition, he rarely tells the truth, he eats and drinks too much, and he has little patience with people.
4. Patient autonomy and free choice are morally correct.
5. I believe that it is perfectly fine to lie about some things.
6. Wearing a mask when engaging with the public is the right decision because it protects the welfare of those in your community.

Answer 1

▪ Care ethics, that is Margarita is approaching in the way of care ethics that is feminist philosophical perspective that uses a relational and context bound approach toward morality and decision making.

▪ Virtue ethics , the Sourette is approached in the way of virtue ethics that is it mainly depends on individual attributes deals with honesty and morality of a person.

▪ Subjective relativism, he believes in his on argue and try to prove it. Thus argue holds the idea that each individual person decides what is wrong or wrong for themselves.

▪ Kantian ethics.

The patient autonomy and free choices is explained by kant ethics that is capacity to deliberate and to give oneself the moral law rather than merely heeding the injunction of others. Freedom of choice.

▪ Act utilitarianism, they believe that it is perfectly fine to lie about some thing. Act utilitarianism is the belief that an act that produce the greatest good for the greatest number of people is good.

▪Social contract ethics. This wearing mask is best for social contract . It establishing moral contract of behaviour.