Ethics Quiz

Question 1

“The unexamine life is not worth living” Moral reasoning and critical thinking were big with him.

Answer 1

Socrates

Question 2

A systematic reflection on morality; the study of values in human conduct or the study of right conduct

Answer 2

Ethics

Question 3

This is made up of your own values and duties you have adopted as relevant

Answer 3

personal morality

Question 4

A shred belief about values and duties that may be culturally, ethnically, or geographically generat

Answer 4

Societal morality

Question 5

Societal morality usually springs from

Answer 5

religious or philosophical beliefs about god/gods

Question 6

Values and duties that only apply to members of a group, not others in society

Answer 6

Group Morality

Question 7

offers a decision making framework for organizing thinking in a dilemma; critical, rational, defensible approach

Answer 7

Ethics

Question 8

Veracity

Answer 8

the duty to tell the truth

Question 9

Fidelity

Answer 9

the duty to keep one’s promise

Question 10

Reparation

Answer 10

the duty to make up for a wrong

Question 11

Gratitude

Answer 11

the duty to make up for a good

Question 12

Utility

Answer 12

the greatest good or harm for the greatest number (usefulness of the action)

Question 13

Generality

Answer 13

must not refer to specific people or situations

Question 14

Universality

Answer 14

the same principle must hold for everyone regardless of time, place, or persons involved

Question 15

Causistry

Answer 15

resolving of specific cases of conscience, duty, or conduct through interpretation

Question 16

Disclosure, comprehension, voluntary, competency are needed for

Answer 16

informed consent

Question 17

Confidentiality

Answer 17

Holding information entrusted in the context of special relationships as private

Question 18

serve as guides to organizing and understanding ethically relevant information in a dilemma; propose how to resolve competing claims; universal in nature but not absolute–have exceptions

Answer 18

Ethical principles

Question 19

Four bioethical principles

Answer 19

Autonomy
Beneficence
Nonmaleficence
Justice

Question 20

Beneficence

Answer 20

the duty to do good, promote the welfare of others

Question 21

Nonmaleficence

Answer 21

the duty to do no harm; avoid unnecessary suffering or risk of injury, act of killing

Question 22

Justice

Answer 22

the equitable distribution of risks and benefits; right to decent minimum health care, fair and equal distribution of scarce resources, non-discriminatory treatment

Question 23

autonomy

Answer 23

being one’s own person without constraints by another’s actions; freedom to make decisions about personal goals

Question 24

Four elements of autonomy

Answer 24

Respect for persons
One must be able to determine personal goals
One had the capacity to decide on course of action
One has the freedom to act on their choices

Question 25

Informed consent, respect for informed refusal, and respect for confidential information relate to principle of

Answer 25

autonomy

Question 26

Deliberate overriding of a patient’s opportunity to exercise autonomy because of a perceived obligation of beneficience

Answer 26

Paternalism

Question 27

metaphor used as a warning with no justification or logical evidence to back it up; a situation that could hypothetically slip toward a morally unacceptable situation

Answer 27

slippery slope argument