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The dilemma: Doctors accept gifts from pharmaceutical companies as part of the process of purchasing pharmaceuticals.
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Processing our issue through the various approaches and applying the theory The dilemma: Doctors accept gifts from pharmaceutical companies as part of the process of purchasing pharmaceuticals. The Approaches: Utilitarian - Identify various courses of action, then who is affected by those actions and what are the benefits or detriment. Action that provides the most benefit and least harm is chosen. Rights - Identify if the action respects the moral rights of all affected. Justice - Identify if actions treat all the same and determine if it shows any favoritism or discrimination. Common-good - Identify within the community and focus on social systems beneficial to all. Virtue - Identify attributes and character of corporation and determine how corporation fits into the community. The Theories: Teleological - Concerned with the "consequence" which results from an action or business practice. Deontological - concerned with the "rule" used to arrive at an action or decision rather than the consequence. 1. Utilitarian Approach Applied: If we...
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