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1. What would a divine command ethicist say is the moral thing to do here? Why would they say that? Do you agree with the divine command ethics? Why or why not? A divine command ethicist will rule in a situation in which God guides his people in choosing what is ethically acceptable and inappropriate. They would argue that the divine obligation should always be upheld, regardless of the circumstances. Although a blood transfusion can save a child's life, such a decision may be met with confusion and rejection due to the parents' religious views. I don't agree with the divine command ethicist. According to Sigmund Freud, "religious teachings are all illusions, unprovable, and no one should be forced to believe them"[ CITATION Sus17 \l 1033 ]. This Sigmund Freud remark demonstrates that belief is not established on teachings that can be demonstrated in real life. 2. Evaluate what a natural law ethicist would say is right to do. Do you agree with them? Why or why not? Killing a human being, according to natural law ethicists, is wrong. In such a circumstance, they would argue that the appropriate thing to do is to do a blood transfusion and save the child's life. Humans have fundamental values that govern their reasoning and conduct. Saving the child by blood transfusion would be doing what is best for the child while being detrimental to the parent. Another possibility is that the blood transfusion would result in no loss of life, which would support the view of natural law ethicists[ CITATION Pat19 \l 1033 ]. On my part, I agree with natural law ethicists since going against the desire of the parents is not as serious as losing a human life. 3. Given what you said are the right things to do, what would an emotivist say about your positions and judgments? What role does subjectivity play here in determining what is ethical? According to the emotivism viewpoint, any ethical words formed represent emotional attitudes rather than propositions. As a result, an emotivist would argue that my words reflect my personal emotional sentiments toward the matter but not my ethical beliefs [ CITATION Cha20 \l 1033 ]. Subjectivity relates to how other people choose to interpret events and moral quandaries. In this scenario, the family's ideas and attitudes around blood transfusions have an impact on subjectivity. Because I disagree with the child's parents, I would follow protocol and do the surgery. If I shared the parents' principles, I would be adamant that the child is not subjected to the therapy. References: Chamberlain, J. (2020). Hume's Emotivist Theory of Moral Judgements. European Jornal of Philodophy , 1058-1072. Idris, S. &. (2017). RELIGION: SIGMUND FREUD'S INFANTILE ILLUSIONS AND COLLECTIVE NEUROSIS PERSPECTIVE . ResearchGate , 55-70. Lee, P. (2019). God and New Natural Law Theory. Philpapers , 279-291.

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