ETHC 445N Week 5 Assignment; Course Project Milestone; Annotated Bibliography

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Steve Smith

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Ethics

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ETHC 445N Principles Of Ethics

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Chamberlain

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Course Project Milestone: Annotated Bibliography Student Name Chamberlain University College of Nursing ETHC 445N Professor Russell Waltz DatePersonal and/or communal ethical factors: Abortion The topic abortion is a very controversial debate, and very sensitive to some. Recently abortion has been a very popular topic regarding whether or not it should be legal. Along with legality involved in abortions, there are the moral and ethical factors of each individual. When we discuss personal ethical factors, we tend to see it as everyone has their own beliefs and there is no right or wrong. Along with everyone's own beliefs, the community, or people surrounding them play a big role on their decisions and can influence changes. When we are looking at other factors that influence them, I always refer back to the sole fact we should not judge someone based off of their beliefs and decisions they decide to make. Everyone has their own opinion on what they believe is morally correct within their eyes. Ethical positions using Kantian ethics: Abortion Kant's categorical Imperative is defined as commands or moral laws all persons must follow, regardless of their desires or extenuating circumstances (Muscente 2020). Kant’s second principal formulation of the categorical imperative, which proscribes treating persons as mere means, applies to human embryos and fetuses (Manninen 2014). What I think is meant by this statement is that he was trying to prove it would be morally wrong to abort the fetus because he believed fetuses were worthy of the same level of dignity any other person. Annotated Bibliography 1 In this article, Abdullah (2021) discuses legal and ethical issues regarding abortion. He states, “the act of abortion is seen from the classification of evil, that the killing of fetal killing is not in the category of whole human killing but is s

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