From the course: Practical Ethics for Businesses and Individuals
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Identifying obligations
From the course: Practical Ethics for Businesses and Individuals
Identifying obligations
- Imagine that you are a public health official during a global pandemic. You are wrestling with questions about the best way to respond to this crisis, and you are realizing that the reason why these questions are so hard is that your role as a public health official includes various competing duties or obligations. For example, you have an obligation to help avoid or prevent the harm that the disease could cause. This is called an obligation of non-injury. But this non-injury obligation doesn't just apply to the harm that the disease might cause. If there are treatments being developed, you also have an obligation to see to it that the side effects of those treatments aren't too harmful. The non-injury obligation also applies to this facet of the crisis and to others as well. But your job as a public health official is about more than just fighting diseases. It's also about physical and mental health in general. This obligation to do good for others is called an obligation of…
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