Bioethics Flashcards
8 virtues of healthcare provider
Fidelity
Honesty
Integrity
Humility
Respect
Compassion
Prudence
Courage
The faculty of the
human person to
choose what is good
against what is deemed
to be bad or evil
Vitues
-Derived from the
Latin word fidelitas
which means
faithfulness
- Faithfulness to
one’s
obligations,
duties and
responsibilities
Fidelity
*Derived from the Latin word honestus which
means honor
*A nurse is supposed to be sincere, truthful,
straightforward, decent, comely (pleasing
appearance), tidy, open, upright, virtuous,
trustworthy, fair, honorable, creditable, and
of good moral character
*A nurse should not cheat or steal anything
from his/her patient
Honesty
*Comes from the Latin word enteros
which means whole
*Makes a human person complete
*A nurse practices integrity when he/she
does his/her duties and obligations
according to the beliefs, principles, and
values he/she claims to embrace
*Free from hypocrisy.
Integrity
It does not mean that one
has to think less of himself/herself;
rather, it invites one to think of
himself/herself less.
*A nurse ceases to think of his/her
own needs as he/she transcends
his/her attention to the needs of the
patients
Humility
*An act through which one takes notice of
others
*Regard other with special attention,
esteem, and care, or to consider other
worthy of esteem and honor
*Patients are also bound to respect nurses
*Acknowledge the feelings, beliefs,
convictions, status, and condition of the
patient
Respect
A feeling of deep sympathy
and sorrow for someone struck
by misfortune, accompanied by
a desire to alleviate the
suffering
*Nurses should be sensitive to
their patients
Compassion
*An exercise of good judgment,
common sense, and caution in the
conduct of practical matters
*The overarching virtue that ties
together discretion, foresight,
forethought, and circumspection
*Being careful to avoid embarrassing
and distressing situations
Prudence
*The quality of mind or spirit
that enables a person to face
difficulty, danger, and pain
without fear
*Nurses are expected to be bold
in undertaking a very sensitive
job
Courage
*The quality of mind or spirit
that enables a person to face
difficulty, danger, and pain
without fear
*Nurses are expected to be bold
in undertaking a very sensitive
job
Courage
Derived from the Latin word
vitium which means failing or
defect
*The product of a repeated sinful
act
*Immoral, depraved, or degrading
act to all the members in a given
society
*Defect, infirmity, fault, iniquity,
offence, wickedness or corruption
Vices
*False representation of fact
*Deliberate deceit; trickery; an intentional perversion of
truth for the purpose of inducing another in reliance
upon it to part with some valuable thing belonging to
him, or surrender a legal right
Fraud
*A feeling of gratification arising from
association with something good or
laudable
*A high or inordinate opinion of one’s own
dignity, importance, merit, or superiority;
conceit; arrogance
*Egoism or vanity and often apply to
offensive characteristics
Pride
*Comes from the Latin word
avaritia which means avarice or
covetousness
*Excessive desire for wealth or
possessions
Greed
habits of being;
connatural qualities
● those that arise out of
the nature and structure
of ourselves, that are
necessary parts or
propensities arising from
our constitution
Entitative Habit
- habits of acting;
tendencies we have
developed in ourselves
from repeated acts - those that can be
acquired or relinquished - It can be a good or bad
habit
Operative Habit
▪ Only GOD can create life; humans
are capable only of manipulating or
destroying it.
▪ Along with the gift of LIFE, GOD
also gave intellect (to discover the
truth) and freedom (humans
became creative).
Stewardship
“Humans are the
shepherds of being in the world”
Martin Heidegger
Pursues the issue of the dignity of
the whole person, in essence of
the integrity of human life.
▪ Demands respect for the self and
respect for others.
▪ Respect is never a cause but always
an effect
Totality
Totality’s Golden Rule:
“Do unto others what you want others
do unto you.”
sine qua non
something essential