Reference no: EM133523266
Select a current example of a population that is oppressed by life experiences or factors in the environment. Here are some populations from which to choose:
Teen girls captured for human trafficking in the sex trade
Teen boys trapped by poverty in violent gangs
Children caught in abusive homes
Homeless schizophrenics
Elderly Alzheimer's patients whose family financially exploits them
Wounded warriors suffering from PTSD
1. Is this an ethical dilemma or a moral dilemma?
2. What ethical principles are in contention? How?
3. Are there any virtues at risk? Whose? Why?
4. What justifies overriding an individual's autonomy to make his own choices?
5. How does the Code of Ethics for Nurses guide the nurse in invoking conscientious objection?
6. What lessons can be learned from this nurse's dilemma?