Ethics and Decision Making

Question 1

What are the ethical dimensions of decision making?

Answer 1

Agent (who); Action (what, how - moral rules?); ends (why - consequences)

Question 2

What are the four principles?

Answer 2

Autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, justice

Question 3

Informed consent requires

Answer 3

information; competency; voluntariness; understanding

Question 4

Ethics or morality offers what in terms of human behaviour?

Answer 4

guidance

Question 5

What are the aims of ethics?

Answer 5

minimizing harm, resolving conflict, and enabling social interactions and activities that promote survival and flourishing of human communities