Healcare Ethics- Post week 1

FYI: After I wrote my whole post in Microsoft Word, I realized that you cannot paste text into this blog, this is highly frustrating. I have been racking my brain trying to think of something interesting for my blog posting. I wanted to think of a time where I experienced an ethical dilemma i have encountered however it has been difficult. so mu first ideas was to review the material and try and form an understanding. First I know what ethics is not. Is is not the same as feelings or religion, or as breaking the law or a culturally accepted norm, and it is not science. Thinking of what ethics isn't defiantly didn't make it easy to decide what it is.
The next was to try and think about ethics is by examine the different sources of ethical standards. I looked at the different approaches and pulled out a few notable parts. First I liked how the utilitarian view talks about consequences and how they should do more good then harm. The rights approach talks about dignity and a duty to respect others rights. I particularly found the perceptive of common good approach interesting. To think that just being part of the community is reason enough to respect others. When thinking about this approach, the first thing that came to my mind was garbage pickup day. I started to wonder whether i was offending my neighbors when i forget to take out my trash on one day, resulting in double the trash on the next pickup day. Then quickly it was easy to realize this situation is more likely breaking a cultural norm.
Next in my notes is the framework for ethical decisions making. As part of the framework. the first think you have to do is recognize your ethical issue. So now i am back to square one and just frustrated that i am still have trouble identifying an ethical issue i have encountered. The rest of the framework seems to be the easy part, get the facts, evaluate the alternatives, make a decision and test it and finally act and reflect on the outcome. So in conclusion my plan is to make a conscious effort to put myself through this decision making process and to recognize a typical ethical issue i encounter. I think this important because if i cannot identify my ethical dilemmas how will i be able to make ethical decision and how will I be able to know if I lead an ethical life.