Third Discussion Forum
Part I
Select one of the Ethical Issues chapters in your textbook (chapters 8-19). Read through the chapter and write a brief summary for your classmates on the ethical debates discussed in the chapter. For example, if you choose Chapter 9 on ‘Altering Genes and Cloning Humans’ then you should outline the main points of contention surrounding gene therapy, the potential benefits, and the potential harm of applying this technology to humans.
Part II
Select a position from the chapter and use one of the selected readings after the chapter to support your argument for or against a particular ethical dilemma.
Ethics Discussion_Third Discussion Forum
Part I
Children vulnerability and emotional harm is a highly debated topic among policymakers and children rights activists who strive to ensure that this population receives all the care needed to facilitate their functionality and development. Often, people tend to blame children vulnerability on primary caregivers, as the social arrangement obliges this category of individuals with the vital responsibility of providing care to children. While Vaughn recognizes that caregivers have a task to protect children, he acknowledges that the former population is also vulnerable to factors that pathogenically increase children maltreatment, necessitating the intervention of other stakeholders to counter children vulnerability.
Chapter 11 shows that children vulnerability and emotional harm increases as a result of the vulnerability of the caregivers and existing problematic social arrangement. According to Vaughn (2018), many forms of child emotional maltreatment are not intended harm; instead, they arise from the vulnerability of caregivers to social, economic, and psychological factors. For example, the lack of financial resources among caregivers impairs certain domains of children’s functioning as the latter may not have access to basic needs. As such, the authors argue that the social arrangement is problematic as it imposes the primary responsibility of care on the immediate caregivers; yet, there ought to be an intervention by various stakeholders, to help the latter recognize and meet children’s needs.
Part II
One of the positions that the chapter takes on matters of children vulnerability and emotional harm is separating a child from their family in instances where the child cannot acquire basic emotional competence. Using the utilitarianism theory, I would support this ethical dilemma of ending the caregiver-child relationship, which is likely to harm vulnerable parents. Utilitarianism promotes moral decisions that maximize the overall welfare of affected persons (Sheskin & Baumard, 2016). As such, I would support the placement of children in institutions where their well-being is taken care of, regardless of such a decision being of adverse effects to vulnerable parents.
References
Sheskin, M., & Baumard, N. (2016). Switching away from utilitarianism: The limited role of utility calculations in moral judgement. PLOS ONE, 11(8), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0160084
Vaughn, L. (2018). Doing ethics: Moral reasoning, theory, and contemporary issues. W.W. Norton Publishers. ISBN: 0393640263, 9780393640267.
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