PHI FPX3200 assessment1 1.doc PHI-FPX3200 Ethics in Healthcare Capella University PH

PHI FPX3200    assessment1 1.doc  PHI-FPX3200  Ethics in Healthcare Capella University  PHI-FPX3200: Ethical Theory Matrix  Ethical  Theory Matrix  Theory                       Decision Criteria        Your Own  Example  Strengths                   Weaknesses  Utilitarianism          -Determine right from wrong based on overall outcomes  -The most ethical decision produces the greatest good for the greatest number of people involved  -Principle of utility- Actions are right if they produce happiness and wrong if they produce unhappiness.  Kantian Ethics            -The moral worth of a persons actions is based solely on the obligation or duty on which the person acts, regardless of  the unintended consequences that may occur  -Is it right to let one patient die in order to harvest his organs and perhaps save  five other patients lives?  -If a patient with COVID-19 enters a health care facility requesting medical assistance, it is the providers duty to treat the patient even if posing a risk to all medical staf  -A nurse cannot refuse to care for a patient that is a convicted murderer. She must do what is morally right and  she is duty-bound to care for the patient.  -Simple and intuitive  -Does not require procedure to decide between conflicting principles