Ethics (immunology) Flashcards
What is meant by biomedical ethics?
-It can be defined by knowing how to do the right thing at the right time.
Which philosopher is behind the principle:
“Do onto others as you would’ve done onto yourself”
Immanuel Kant
Which philosopher is behind the principle:
“The goal is to attain a happy, tranquil life, with the absence of pain and fear”
Epicurus
Which philosopher is behind the principle:
“True wisdom is knowing that you know nothing and you understand little about life/the world”
Socrates
Which philosopher is behind the principle:
“It is important to have a correct behaviour, loyalty and obedience to hierarchy”
Confucius
Which philosopher is behind the principle:
“Everything in nature has a purpose, virtues is knowing how to do the right amount of the right thing at the right time”
Aristotle
Which philosopher is behind the principle:
“Four cardinal virtues: prudence, temperance, justice and fortitude”
Thomas aquinas
Which philosopher is behind the principle:
“ Consider what a good person would do in this situation, before you act”
Plato
Which philosopher is behind the principle:
“For every good, exist evil and for every evil, exist good”
Friedrich Nietzsche
Which philosopher is behind the principle:
“Everyone should have the free will to choose and act, as long as it does not harm/deprive others”
John Stuart Mill
Which philosopher is behind the principle:
“Actions should be made based on its ability to produce the greatest happiness to the greatest number of people”
Jeremy bentham
Which philosopher is behind the principle:
“Good judgement stems from the development of good character”
Alasdair MacIntyre
Which principle did the ff philosopher come with:
1. Steve Biko
2. Kwame Anthony Appiah
3. Nelson Mandela
4. Ifeanyi Menkiti
5. Godfrey Tangwa
- Be proud of your culture/heritage.
- You are formed by the people around you.
- I am because we are.
- He was about people having to participate in communal life.
- A man is not an island.
What are the four medical ethics? What do they mean?
Autonomy: A patient has a right to make their own decisions about their health care.
Non-maleficence: Do no harm.
Beneficence: Always promote what is best for the patient.
Distributive justice: Everyone has a right to allocation of healthcare resources.
What are the two essential conditions that provide the foundation for autonomy?
-Liberty and agency
Align the ff in chronological order:
1.Declaration of Helsinki
2. Stanford prison study
3. Nuremberg code
4. Willowbrook hepatitis study
5. Nazi war crimes in WWII
6. Tuskegee syphilis study
7. Jewish Chronic disease
8. Henry Beecher’s “Ethics and Clinical Research”
5, 3, 7, 1, 8, 4, 2, 6.
