Bioeth Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What is bioethics? correct answer: A discussion about ethical standards in medicinal practices that takes place in the media, in the academy, in classrooms, and in labs, offices, and hospital wards. It involves not just doctors, but patients, not just scientists and politicians but the general public. Traditional ethical standards have been articulated, reflected on, challenged, and sometimes revised; standards for new issues have been created - and then challenged and revised. The conversation...

Major Ethical Frameworks correct answer: egoism, authority-based ethics, virtue ethics, natural law, deontology, consequentialism (teleological/utilitarianism), liberal individualism/rights, communitarianism, ethics of care/feminist ethics, casuistry Mappes' 2 criteria for evaluating ethical theories correct answer: 1. implications of theory must be largely reconcilable with experience of moral life 2. must provide effective guidance where most needed, in situations where substantial mora...

eugenics movement correct answers movement prominent in that aimed to enhance human evolution by selecting for "good" traits and removing "defects" from the population tried to apply theories of evolution, natural selection, and genetics to human society involved encouraging breeding of people who were "genetically superior", used various methods to prevent breeding of people with "genetic defects" the "eugenic metaphor" correct answers connected political, economic, scientific,...

Bioethics Midterm 2 exam with verified Solutions | Latest updated | Rated A+ Who "represents" waiver of informed consent? - Insoo Hyun what is the problem we face with informed consent? - Due to cultural differences, providers that are unaware of such variable expectations may inadvertently transgress the cultural integrity and personal dignity of some of their minority patients through well-meaning efforts to obtain informed consent in the usual, patient-centered manner—contravening, ...

Utilitarianism correct answer: *The moral theory based on the greastest happiness principle "We should seek the greatest happiness for the greatest number" *Based on the consequences of our actions (or policies), rather than the principles or motivations for them *Sacrifice the few for the many *Jeremy Bentham & John Stuartmill Kantian Ethics (deontic ethics) correct answer: *Ethics is viewed as rational standards of conduct *As rational beings, we should act on moral principles th...

Finnis thinks abortion is ALWAYS wrong because every fetus... correct answer: is an organic unity Tooley argues that neonates (infants) do NOT have a right to life. correct answer: True According to the McCaughey's, who was responsible for the ensuring of the health of their fetuses? correct answer: God According to the author, Pence, not selectively reducing the fetuses exposed each to greater harm. correct answer: True What desires does Tooley think is necessary for a right to...

B+C's Definition of Justice correct answers Fair, equitable, and appropriate treatment in light of what is due or owed to persons *Treatment is FORMAL and not Specific* Distributive Justice correct answers Fair, equitable, and appropriate DISTRIBUTION of benefits and burdens determined by norms that structure the terms of social cooperation Focuses on the MEANS in which treatment is given to individuals in society Principle of Formal Equality (Aristotle) correct answers Equals are t...

Bioethics prelims samplex with verified Solutions | Latest updated | Rated A+ d. first is true, second statement is false - Principle of Bioethics: 1 - The principle of common good state that to protect the well-being of the entire group, the rights of each member must be protected. 2 - a just physician ensures that all patients coming to his clinic for consult pays the same amount of professional fee, even if they cannot afford it. a. both statements is true b. both statements is false c....

Bioethics Practice Exam with verified Solutions | Latest updated | Rated A+ What are the characteristics of good reasons in ethics? - -relevant to position -provide evidence for a position -support a conclusion as an argument -appeals not to evidence but to a principle -should not contradict each other and be logically consistent truth - how premises correspond or not to the world validity - the formal relations between premises and conclusion Slippery slope - argument that a small chang...

Theological Bioethics (RELG 2650) Midterm IDs- UVA with Complete SolutionsTheological Bioethics (RELG 2650) Midterm IDs- UVA with Complete SolutionsTheological Bioethics (RELG 2650) Midterm IDs- UVA with Complete SolutionsTheological Bioethics (RELG 2650) Midterm IDs- UVA with Complete Solutions bioethics - ANSWER-The study of ethics related to issues that arise in health care. ethics - ANSWER-sustained and intentional reflection on morality and the moral life with analysis, discontent, re...