Please answer all three questions below. There is no limit/guidance on the ans
Please answer all three questions below. There is no limit/guidance on the answer length as long as you answer all parts of the question clearly.
1.) Of the five theories we have studied (Mills, Kant, Aquinas, Aristotle & Gilligan), it is clear that some theories are more flexible (open ended in judging if an action is morally right or wrong; hint think of the nursing field!) and some are more structured (rigid in judging if an action is morally right or wrong; hint think of how some theories have tools). Which of these two approaches (flexible or structured) do YOU think is better when faced with ethical dilemmas? Why? Now choose ONE of the theories that fits into the category you chose, and explain how the theory works, including a specific example of what it would say should be done in a medical dilemma of your choosing (i.e. pulling life support under a structured theory).
2.) Compare and contrast the theories developed by Mill, Aquinas & Aristotle. Tell me ways in which they are similar and different, and remember that each is trying to say what is mean to be moral, so the fact that they are all ethical theories doesn’t count as a similarity. Think of the standard of each and the way each one works, and that should inform your answer (Hint – it is helpful to shortly summarize each theory’s main point!).
3.) Read the case below. Then, write an essay which says whether or not YOU believe that Maria should take hormone treatments. Support your answer by using one of the five theories we studied (Mill, Kant, Aristotle, Aquinas or Gilligan).
Case: Dr. Marshall Marino talks to couples every day at the fertility clinic where he works. All of his patients are there because they have infertility problems, which are usually due to one of three things: not enough sperm, not enough eggs, or problems holding the embryo in the uterus. Both partners are tested for infertility problems. Today, Dr. Marino is speaking to the Hernadezes. They have been trying to get pregnant for four years, but are still young, in their thirties. The doctor explains that Maria’s ovaries are not producing eggs on a regular schedule. He suggests they begin hormone treatments as soon as possible. The hormones will stimulate the ovaries to make eggs. Mark and Maria have done their homework though. They read about the McCaughey septuplets born in Iowa and wonder if that might happen to them. Dr. Marino wants to be honest with all of his patients, so he explains the side effects of taking the hormone treatments. Often the ovary responds to the hormone by giving off a number of eggs at one time. If these eggs are all fertilized, the result is a multiple birth. Maria thinks a multiple birth would be good. With their problems, who knows if she will get pregnant again? But Mark has read that the more embryos in the uterus, the more danger there is of premature birth, brain damage and possibly death. This frightens him.