Category: Duty

Scenario A 19-year-old female is taken to hospital unconscious with excessive bleeding from a head wound. A doctor administers medication to stop the bleeding, which triggers a severe allergic reaction, causing the patient to fall into a coma. In this case, it is assumed there are two possible options: The doctor was negligent, as he…

Kants account of Perfect and imperfect duty is recognised and accepted all over the world. If we try to understand perfect and imperfect duty from a laymans point of view it would go as follows : Perfect duty consists of duties which have a binding nature for example the duty to not to murder someone…

Each employer and organisation must be committed to providing a safe, all-inclusive workplace that promotes respect and is free of discrimination and harassment (1). Within a workplace, an individual has the right to feel protected and participate freely in all areas of working life. A workplace is often diverse, having employees from all backgrounds, religions,…

Introduction In my discussion board three, I talked about the approach I chose as my metaethics. Discussion board four was an attempt to solve an issue with a family member with a gambling problem using applied ethics. In this paper I will be going more in depth about duty ethics and family ordeals. I will…

The article Overseas property buyers face UK duty increase written by James Pickford on the 22/11/2019 unveils the conservative party’s plan on increasing stamp duty tax to 3 percent for oversea buyers. In recent years foreign investors have been investing heavily into real estate in the United Kingdom due to its strong and stable political…

Kants created his own thoughts of common sense ideas with the speculations that the only thing good without qualification is good will. He takes a different view of good will his idea of good will is closely related to the idea of a rationally good person. The basic ideas of Kant, is that what makes…

Executive Summary There is no law, here or abroad, that requires the police to protect the citizens they serve. The courts have wrestled with this concept for decades, and although the law predominately sides with the police, there are still differences in opinion. This issue has resurfaced following the recent criminal charging of Deputy Scot…

Introduction Survival is a tactic we try to put up with each day despite the circumstances that pin us far from it. However, instances arise where living causes more burdens than we anticipate (Cholbi, 2010). John Hardwig points out that in such a case, then a persons duty to die prevails. Hardwigs Central argument In…

Introduction Being a part of the European Union, its easy to forget that we may be subjects to customs duty. Free trade zones allowed us to lose the concern about any additional cost of importing from the EU, but unfortunately not anymore. Now, as Great Britain exits the agreement, the state of the matter is…

Trying to find out the words to use in this essay was so difficult because there are so many words to choose from. People may think you can never agree in things of people coming from different cultures or what they go through. You should never forget where you are from or make someone change…