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Lecture 16: ethics Flashcards

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Ethical Dilemmas

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A situation where there is no satisfying course of action

With very limited guidance and based on our own beliefs

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Ethics

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The beliefs, values or morals we use to determine what is right or wrong

Moral values: compassion, trustworthy, faithful

Professional values: behavioral indicators like accountable, social responsibility

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Ethical Behavior

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Being responsible for reasonably foreseeable consequences of your actions

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Moral Principle (4)

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Moral statement= In situation __ + Person__ + should do __

Moral sensitivity: ability to interpret situation accurately with limited facts, awareness of multiple ways to act and understands how choice will affect outcome

Moral judgement: ability to judge which action is right and which is wrong

Moral motivation: ability to prioritize moral values over personal and self-interest

Moral Character: acting morally even if people hate you for it. Hardest one to develop

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Normative Ethics

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Moral system that help people make decisions

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Deontological Ethics

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Focus on action

How well you can follow moral rules and duties.

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Teleological Ethics

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Focus on action

Which results will bring the most good. Acts are judged based on their consequences

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Virtue Ethics

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Developing good character traits based on moral decisions

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Descriptive Ethics

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Moral system of a group or culture

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Bioethics

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Application of ethics to healthcare

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Global Ethics

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Universal values, norms and global responsibilities

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4 types of global ethics

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Objective truth: truths about what is good and right

Subjectivism: individuals ethic based on their feelings

Pre-existing common core: based on what is universally accepted

Construction: norms and values contructed by consensus building

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Ethical standards in Health care

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Autonomy: enabling a client’s right to choose. Informed consent (aware of risks, benefits, alternatives, consequences if they don’t do it.

Beneficence: do what is in the best interest of the client. In global context, developed nations have to take care of developing countries

Nonmaleficence: do no harm

Justice: act with fairness

Veracity: be truthful

Fidelity: be faithful

Confidentiality:

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Global Health Ethics

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Normative, content, geographic

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Normative global ethics

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Values for responding to global trheats on a large scale

Ex. pandemics, natural disaters, poverty, research funding

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Content global ethics

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Macro and micro level issues at the current time

Ex. infectious disease in children and mothers

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Geographic global ethics

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Macro, need international collaboration

Ex. climate change, drug trafficking

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Moral significance of health

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Good health: limits suffering and enhances ones capacity to function and pursue opportunities

Health justice: reducing unfair or avoiding health inequalities

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Moral significance of boundaries

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Realists: argue that national boundaries limit ethical considerations

Pluralists: consider morality to be local

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Cosmopolitans

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World citizens

Every human has a moral duty to assist regardless of proximity

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Cosmopolitan justice

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Global health duty on all
Moral cosmopolitanism: stresses moral judgments and obligations as being universal

Political cosmopolitans: support institutions that mitigate the power of individual nations

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Anti-cosmopolitans

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Morality is local and if they do global help then it is for self-interest

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Utilitarianism

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Maximize the good/happiness and avoid suffering.

If we can help other at a low cost for us , then we should

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Justice

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Fairness to all and provide all people fair and equitable treatment

Distributive justice: equal distribution of goods

Compensatory justice: make up for past injustices

Procedural justice: first come first server, or alphabetical

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Philanthropy

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Voluntary action for public good

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Voluntary action

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Voluntary giving: gifts of money or property.

Voluntary service: gifts of time and talent

Voluntary association: vehicles for driving and service provision

Objectives: improve quality of life, meet peoples basic needs voluntarily

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5 roles of Philanthropy

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Service rule: provide human service and meet human needs

Advocacy rule: promote change for particular groups

Cultural role: provide a method for expressing values or traditions or other aspect of culture

Civic role: building communities and promote civic engagement

Vanguard role: new development of social innovation, inventions and experiments

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Charity

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Relieving suffering through giving money or items

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Humanitarian assistance

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Higher income countries helping those in lower income countries

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Altruism

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Selfless concern for the welfare of others

Doing something without getting a reward

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Non- profit organizations (6)

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Formally developed
Private not government
Self-governing
Not-profit distributing
Voluntary
Public benefit
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Non-government organization (6)

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Voluntary association
Non-government
Not for profit
Not associated with political party
Non-violent
No criminal group and not illegal activities
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Arguments against global ethics

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Focus on perfect duties versus charitable acts (perfect duty is something you can do all the time anytime like not lying)

Distance makes a difference

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Humanitariam model

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Seek global health work through altruism, to make a difference

Tend to adopt an attitude of superiority in education skill and knowledge

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Political model

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Recognize power and wealth disparities
Encourage humbleness
Based on critical thinking

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Ethical paralysis

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Nothing is perfectly ethical so you cant do anything

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Righteous seizure

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Have to do something right now!

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Developing partnerships

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Negotiation: bargaining to reach an agreement

Partnering: working well together to obtain funding

Collaboration: work with others to find best possible solution

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