Ethics test TWO Flashcards
What is the foundation of healthcare ethics?
Belmont report
Belmont report
Ethical principles and guidelines for the protection of human subjects”
The cornerstone of ethical principles upon which the federal regulations are based
* Respect for persons
* Beneficence
* Justice
What are the legal and ethical standards around patient data?
HIPAA
HIPAA
A major goal to assure that individuals’ health information is properly protected while allowing the flow of health information needed to provide and promote high-quality health care and to protect the public’s health and well-being.
What are tough ethical issues in healthcare?
Abortion/genetic screening of embryos
Allocation of healthcare resources
Euthanasia
Beauchamp & Childress’s Healthcare versus natural law counterparts***
Autonomy versus Freedom
Benefice versus Care
Nonmaleficence versus Respect
Justice versus Impartiality
Moschella’s points response to mr. bill
The principles of Beauchamp and Childress are not that helpful in their attempt to be value-free and tend to collapse to the principle of Respect for autonomy
Natural law response to mr bill
the right to make a free choice is not everything (it’s instrumental) It is important to make the right choice. Also, remember the rejection of the subjectiveness thesis (what is good for me is good.)
Mr. Bill situation
Bill is an 80-year-old widower who previously had a pacemaker installed to regulate his heartbeat. The pacemaker is not painful or burdensome. Bill’s heart no longer works on its own, turning off the pacemaker will kill Bill. Bill has witnessed some memory issues and is scared to end up with Alzheimer’s like his wife, therefore he wishes to have his pacemaker turned off.
* Should Bill’s doctor agree to his request?
* What ethical principles or framework are you basing your response on?
Natural law (who did what and why?)
Object: (the main immediate goal)
End (Intended purpose)
Circumstances (mitigating factors) All must be good for the action to be good (Principle of perfection)
Natural law judging actions
Impermissible (violates respect for persons’ basic human goods)
Permissible (the default)
Obligatory (promote care and positivity)
Natural law Norms
Positive (you should…)
Presence of negative norms
Scientistic -ethics of human enhacement technologies
Push the science pedal to the metal its out destiny
Ulitarian- ethics of human enhacement technolgies
for humanity as a whole, are HET a positive or negative? benefit the whole good
Healthcare-ethics of human enhacement technologies
(Beauchamp and Childress)
Autonomy-patients right
Beneficance-promote good
Nonmaleficence: do no harm
Justice: treat all patients equally
Natural law-ethics of human enhancement technologies
Treatment versus enhancement
Contribution to or inhibition of human flourishing (Elberg’s approach)
Dealing with the induvial human person and how they personally achieve human flourishing
Michael Bess says pursue what is good and avoid what is bad, what ethical system would this be related to when talking about human enhacement technologies?
Natural law ethics
Erberls analysis on human enhacement technolgies is not based on treatment versus enhacement, rather?
On whether human enhacement technolgies promote human flourishing
Does not consider societal disruptions like kiling fetus and embryos
How does Eberle distinguish between illicit “post humans” and the enhanced more actualized humans?
If this enhancement is associating with the basic human good is enhanced actualized humans and changing basic human goods would be illicit post humans
How does Eberls worldview relate to slack and wise?
Slack and wise state perceptual dissatisfaction is when the body is overcoming the limitations, but we should just meet the basic needs, Eberle says overcoming the limitations of the body is okay just as long as it’s for the basic human goods
Eberls main points on HET and moraliy
Cognitive
drugs (nootropics) neural stimulation, supplements, computer programs, brain computer interfaces
Eberle says licit unless they detract from human agency
Eberls main points on HET and morality
Physical
plastic surgery, performance enhancing drugs, exoskeletons, pacemakers, organ replacement, gene therapy
Eberle said these are licit if not for vanity or athletic completeness
Eberls main points on HET and morality
Emotive
mood enhancers
Eberle states that they should be limited to treating clear maladies
Eberls main points on HET and morality
Moral
reduce aggression, xenophobia, self-centeredness.
Eberle states that they are ONLY acceptable if they lead to authentic improvement in character