SH5009QA Ethical Research in Professional Contexts Essay Assignment Brief 2026 | LMU

1.       How far would utilitarian thinking OR deontological thinking inform the professional response to each case study? Compare & contrast

2.       How far would ideas of social justice inform professional responses to each case? Compare & contrast

3.       How far would the principle of human rights help professionals to understand possible responses to each case study? Compare & contrast

4.       How far would UK mental capacity legislation and policy help inform the professional response to each case study? Compare & contrast

1. Consider how far can virtue/care/narrative ethics inform the professional response to each case study? Compare and contrast any differences to the extent how virtue might play a role in decision making in the 2 case studies.
2. Consider how cultural differences, gender, ethnicity, religion, age, sexuality, disability, and/or other differences you think are relevant, might influence how people respond to the dilemmas in each case study, compare and contrast..

1. Cconsidering both Case 1 and 2 together, Taking into account the Consequentialist framework, the Duty framework and the Virtue framework, decide What conclusions can be made?
2.  What use are these ideas from philosophy, in decision making in health and social care practice? Are these considerations necessary at all in shaping everyday responses and choices to ethical dilemmas encountered in healthcare?
3. How far would conservatism, our attention and complex dependence on histories and particular local circumstances; the Handing Down Lens, where is presumed that we can’t reinvent or master the world, and are instead responsible for conserving and maintaining the small part of it over which we currently have stewardship, and for passing it on undamaged to our descendants, influence in decision making in the above cases?
4. Reflect on the case study and decision. What could be intended and unintended consequences of the decision you have recommended? Would you change anything based on these consequences? What recommendations would you make to Yourself or any healthcare colleague faced with similar case as in this scenario on the course of action and decision they should make.