Principles of Ethics

The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document. ] ? The choice I chose was number two. This was about the married couple being formally drug addicts’ regain custody of their child. The schools of ethics I chose are Care based and Consequentiality based.

I chose care based because if I was in this situation I would probably want to know my parents but not necessarily want to be with them. With care based ethics you’re putting yourself in another’s shoes. I chose Consequentiality based because you can only guess that the child may not want to be with the parents. You would have to make a decision and be fine with that. You would also need to know the consequences of sending the child back with the parents. Because he or she doesn’t know their real parents the child may become disobedient.

Who can say the real parents won’t use again. The similarities and differences I came to are both ethics are regarding how the outcome would affect the child. Another similarity is both are about using your heart and head. In both cases you should ask yourself are you treating others as you would want to be treated. The differences are Consequentiality based rely on being able to predict the consequences of different actions. Care based thinking is putting yourself in ones shoes. I think that both would be would be worthy in life.

I use consequentiality sometimes. I often think what the outcome of things would be if I made a certain choice. I think that this choice you also use your gut. I’ve found that if you use your gut instinct its gets stronger and it can be helpful. I use care based ethic almost daily. I’m always putting myself in another’s shoes. I’m a very caring and giving person and I always assume that the next person is. One can always assume the next person is a decent human being. One can always apply this ethic in their daily life. Any scenario would allow you to.

I don’t think you can use ends based in “real life. ” Due to a person not being able to predict what someone will or can do, you can only guess as opposed to predicting. This way of thinking is kind of worst case scenario. In this case you can guess all outcomes whether good or bad. With both ethics they affect someone’s and your life. Even when you put yourself in someone else’s shoes you imagine how you would feel. When you think of a consequence it can be a hard choice to make. Both ethics help in making hard decisions.

In both cases you can consider of the final thoughts are feasible. Both require a person to think if their thoughts are morally right. I think Aristotle would agree with care based because he believes that ethics start with actual moral judgment. He also believes that people have a natural capacity for good character which would mean a person would put themselves in someone else’s shoes. I genuinely believe that each person had some good in them. In my opinion it just takes certain situations to bring them out.