Bioethics Flashcards
Socioeconomic factors
People being grouped into a class based on income and finances.
Legal factors
Law provides a scaffold through which ethical decisions can be made
Political factors
Standards are developed by governments to outline the rights and responsibilities of citizens.
Consequences based approach
What action produced most good and least harm
Duty / rules based approach
Which action is morally right regardless of the consequences
Virtues based approach
Which action would a good person choose
Ethical concept: Integrity
Doing the right thing even when no one is looking
Ethical concept: Justice
People get what they deserve
Ethical concept: Beneficence
Doing good to others
Ethical concept: Non - maleficence
Doing no harm
Ethical concept: Respect
Honouring someones feelings, needs and decisions
