Introduction to Bioethics: Biomedical Principles

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Philosopher credited with providing a framework for virtue ethics

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Aristotle

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In virtue ethics, a right action is determined by

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What a truly virtuous person would do?

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Virtuous person

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engages in virtuous acts over a life experience

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Principles of bioethics were first articulated by

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Beauchamp and Childress

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The capacity to act on your decisions freely and independently

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Autonomy

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Two conditions required for true autonomy.

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Liberty and Agency

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Liberty

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Freedom from controlling influences

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Agency

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Capacity for intentional action

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Paternalism

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Making decisions for an individual without their consent

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Beneficience

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The practice of doing the good thing.

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Maleficence

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Having or showing a wish to do evil to others

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Nonmaleficence

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First, do no harm

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Justice

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Similarly situated individuals receive their fair share of benefits and assume their fair share of burdens

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Distributive justice

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Equitable sharing of property, burdens and benefits

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Compensatory or social justice

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Justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society.

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Procedural justice

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Proper application of rules in a process or hearing

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Fidelity

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Secondary ethical principle focused on being faithful to one’s commitments.

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Veracity

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Secondary ethical principles that binds you to honesty.