It is important to consider the universal moral beliefs that practitioners of the medical world apply to the actions that they take on an everyday basis. Many of the physicians today have taken an oath prior to the commencement of their medical careers. Although there are different kinds of oaths, many of them share the same morals and beliefs. For example, the Hippocratic oath makes the promise to do “no harm” (Shmerling). By considering their beliefs, one can apply Kant’s ethics of duty to justify the surgeon’s decision to perform the surgery. In this situation, the surgeons would cause irreversible harm to the patient if they didn’t do the surgery. Thus, they made this decision in accordance with their belief that they should not cause harm during any circumstance; they should always, without exception, do anything they can to help save someone’s
It is important to consider the universal moral beliefs that practitioners of the medical world apply to the actions that they take on an everyday basis. Many of the physicians today have taken an oath prior to the commencement of their medical careers. Although there are different kinds of oaths, many of them share the same morals and beliefs. For example, the Hippocratic oath makes the promise to do “no harm” (Shmerling). By considering their beliefs, one can apply Kant’s ethics of duty to justify the surgeon’s decision to perform the surgery. In this situation, the surgeons would cause irreversible harm to the patient if they didn’t do the surgery. Thus, they made this decision in accordance with their belief that they should not cause harm during any circumstance; they should always, without exception, do anything they can to help save someone’s