(F) L1.2: Intro to Bioethics and Professional Ethics (Part 2) Flashcards
Importance of Bioethics:
Ethics is an ________ knowledge
Indispensable
Importance of Bioethics:
Without this, man is only an animal
Moral Perception
Importance of Bioethics:
Without this, man as a rational being is a failure
Morality
Importance of Bioethics:
Because _____ is too essential to be dismissed, the creator has seen it fit to fight man with the natural insight of it
Moral Knowledge
Importance of Bioethics:
A ______ who finds inconvenient reasons to turn his back from ethics will discover that he is the center of it
Modern Man
Importance of Bioethics:
This is the only true measure of what man is ought to be
Moral Integrity
Importance of Bioethics:
Philosophers speak of ethics as the only what?
Necessary knowledge
Importance of Bioethics:
Who stated this quote: “Forgetting that man’s greatness, perfection, and happiness, his whole meaning, consists in transcending the commonly accepted human good”
Jacques Leclercq
Importance of Bioethics:
This is the foundation of every human society
Morality
Importance of Bioethics:
Who stated this: “Without civic morality, communities perish, without personal morality, their survival has no value”
Russell
Importance of Bioethics:
According to Russell, without this, communities will perish
Civic Morality
Importance of Bioethics:
According to Russell, without this, a human’s survival has no value
Personal Morality
Importance of Bioethics:
T or F: Every culture admits the importance of morality as a standard of behavior, so when moral foundations are threatened, the society is preserved from the threats
False (society is also threatened)
Importance of Bioethics:
This should be the priority on who is to get what and how much, in terms of financial and human forces
Finitude of Resources
Finitude: State of having limits
Importance of Bioethics:
Tales of abuse of rights and autonomy arouse what emotions?
Shame and indignation
Importance of Bioethics:
Healthcare is NOT morally ______
Neutral
Importance of Bioethics:
Every healthcare provider is a _______ who must judge the goodness or evil of his goals and actions
Moral Agent
Importance of Bioethics:
Healthcare providers cannot depend on __________ as it can only judge the effectiveness of the means to achieve the goal
Scientific Knowledge
Importance of Bioethics:
Goodness must be determined by what 3 considerations of man?
- Needs
- Values
- Ultimate Ends
Importance of Bioethics:
T or F: Science is safe in the hands of those who don’t match their scientific knowledge with their ethical knowledge and sensitivity
False (not safe)
Needs of the Person:
Healthcare professionals make technical decisions, but because medicine involves human needs and values, it also becomes what type of decision?
Ethical Decision
Needs of the Person:
Nothing is more human and personal than _____ because when you’re concerned about this, it goes beyond physical well-being (emotional and psychological as well)
Health
Needs of the Person:
Every human person has an inner ______ and inherent ______ because he is a human person
Inner worth and Inherent dignity
Needs of the Person:
The human being is not a static entity, but rather a ______ system of needs
Dynamic