Medical Ethics Series

In the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle can be paraphrased as saying “happiness is the meaning and purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.”1 Ironic, given that philosophers can be depressed from studying the absurdity of...

Welcome back to my Medical Ethics Series for the second installment! As a reminder, in the first edition we discussed in general terms what metaethics is, touched on the concept of moral authority (why claims on the morality...

Welcome back to my Medical Ethics Series for the third installment! This is the final part in the metaethics series before we move on to Normative ethics (Utilitarianism, Deontology, etc.). As a reminder, in the first edition we...

Welcome back to my Medical Ethics Series for the fourth installment! This is the first part of the Normative Ethics section, where we will be going over Normative ethics, or what rules we should follow. These theories will...

Welcome back to my Medical Ethics Series for the fifth installment! This is the second part of the Normative Ethics section, an area focused on what rules we should follow. Last time we explored Utilitarianism, and this time...

Welcome back to my Medical Ethics Series for the sixth installment! This is the third part of the Normative Ethics section, an area focused on what rules we should follow. Last time we explored Deontology, and now we...

I read Travis’s article about “Virtue Ethics,” and his words made me smile. He captured the essence of why I have long supported virtue ethics. It’s not about memorizing rules or counting outcomes. It’s about who we become...

Welcome back to my Medical Ethics Series for the seventh installment. Unlike the loose fun of the last ones, where we explored what ethical theories might be best, here we will face very real situations, and ask the...

In this article we will address the code from the perspective of a Virtue Ethicist. In each sister article released this edition, I will also approach it as a Deontologist, and a Utilitarian.

In this article we will address the code from the perspective of a Utilitarian. In each sister article released this edition, I will also approach it as a Deontologist, and a Virtue Ethicist.

In this article we will address the code from the perspective of a Deontologist. In each sister article released this edition, I will also approach it as a Utilitarian, and a Virtue Ethicist.