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The Heinz dilemma is a frequently used example in many ethics and morality classes. One well-known version of the dilemma, used in Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development, is stated as follows: [1] A woman was on her deathbed. There was one drug that the doctors said would save her.
One of the dilemmas included in the trolley problem: is it preferable to pull the lever to divert the runaway trolley onto the side track? The trolley problem is a series of thought experiments in ethics, psychology, and artificial intelligence involving stylized ethical dilemmas of whether to sacrifice one person to save a larger number.
In philosophy, an ethical dilemma, also called an ethical paradox or moral dilemma, is a situation in which two or more conflicting moral imperatives, none of which overrides the other, confront an agent. A closely related definition characterizes an ethical dilemma as a situation in which every available choice is wrong.
The Case of Terri Schiavo: Ethics at the End of Life. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. ISBN 978-1-59102-398-2. Silent Witness: The Untold Story of Terri Schiavo's Death by Mark Fuhrman (2005), ISBN 0-06-085337-9; Fighting for Dear Life: The Untold Story of Terri Schiavo and What It Means for All of Us by David C. Gibbs III (2006), ISBN 0-7642-0243-X
Medical ethics shares many principles with other branches of healthcare ethics, such as nursing ethics. A bioethicist assists the health care and research community in examining moral issues involved in our understanding of life and death, and resolving ethical dilemmas in medicine and science.
AI shouldn’t make ‘life-or-death’ decisions, says OpenAI’s Sam Altman. Hanna Ziady, CNN. January 18, 2024 at 9:36 AM. Denis Balibouse/Reuters.
The consistent life ethic (CLE), also known as the consistent ethic of life or whole life ethic, is an ideology that opposes abortion, capital punishment, assisted suicide, and euthanasia. Adherents oppose war, or at the very least unjust war ; some adherents go as far as full pacifism and so oppose all war. [ 1 ]
The 24-year-old’s death penalty case is among the first considered after the change. The 8-4 vote to recommend a death sentence is the lowest threshold in the country.