Making Ethical Decisions

Question 1

Ethical reasoning is actually the product of two levels of processing- what are they?

Answer 1

Experiential and analytical

Question 2

What are the two kinds of information are they operating on?

Answer 2

Social and personal

Question 3

What are the 4 aspects need to be incorporated to make reliable and responsible ethical decisions? (Truscott)

Answer 3

Analytical, experiential, social and personal (quadrant)

Question 4

Tends to be automatic, holistic, and emotional with little, if any, conscious awareness of even having made the decision.

Answer 4

Experiential ethical reasoning

Question 5

Involves a deliberate, logical, rational process of problem solving based on professional ethical duties, standards, and expectations.

Answer 5

Analytic ethical reasoning

Question 6

Points us toward paying close attention to these motivational issues.

Answer 6

Virtue ethics

Question 7

Involves paying attention to interpersonal issues. This particularly involves listening carefully to what the affected parties have to say about their experience of the situation and incorporating this into our appraisal.

Answer 7

Relational ethics