CH. 24

Question 1

Autonomy

Answer 1

persons self-reliance independence, liberty, rights and privacy

Question 2

beneficence

Answer 2

doing of good

Question 3

caring

Answer 3

care for someone

Question 4

codes of ethics

Answer 4

articulated statements of role morality as seen by the members of a profession

Question 5

confidentiality

Answer 5

belief that health related information about individual patients should not be revealed to others

Question 6

consequentialism

Answer 6

belief that the worth of actions is determined by their ends or consequences

Question 7

duties

Answer 7

obligations placed on individuals, groups by reason of the so-called moral bond

Question 8

ethical dilemmas

Answer 8

situations requiring moral judgement between two or more equally problem fraught alternatives

Question 9

ethical outrage

Answer 9

gross violation of commonly held standards of decency

Question 10

ethical theories

Answer 10

bodies of systematically related moral principles used to resolve ethical dilemmas

Question 11

ethics

Answer 11

systematic study of rightness and wrongness of human conduct and character as known by natural reason

Question 12

ethics of care

Answer 12

ethical reflections that emphasize an intimate personal relationship value system that includes such virtues such as sympathy, compassion

Question 13

fidelity

Answer 13

strict observance of promises or duties

Question 14

justice

Answer 14

equitable, fair or just conduct in dealing with others

Question 15

laws

Answer 15

regulations established by government and applicable to people within a certain political subdivision

Question 16

legal rights

Answer 16

rights of an individual or group that are established and graunteed by law

Question 17

liberal individualism

Answer 17

basis for rights-based ethical theory

Question 18

moral principles

Answer 18

general guides to action that are derived from so-called basic moral truths that should be respected

Question 19

moral rights

Answer 19

rights of an individual or group that exist seperatley from government

Question 20

moral rules

Answer 20

statements of right conduct governing individual actions

Question 21

morals

Answer 21

generally accepted customs, principles or habits of right living and conduct in a society

Question 22

nonconsequentialism

Answer 22

belief that actions themselves determine the worth of actions

Question 23

nonmaleficence

Answer 23

ethical principle that places high value on avoiding harm to others

Question 24

norms

Answer 24

standards set by individuals or groups