Medical Ethics

Question 1

What does Ethics mean?

Answer 1

Studying how people make mroal decisions and the rights and wrongs of different situations.

Question 2

What does Medical Ethics mean?

Answer 2

A type of ethics which looks at the moral decisions faced by doctors, scientists, and vets.

Question 3

Are you allowed to test cosmetic or non-life-saving products on animals in the UK?

Answer 3

No, it has been illegal since 1998

Question 4

Are you allowed to test drugs or medicine on animals in the UK?

Answer 4

By UK law, any new drug or medicine must be tested on animals before being given to humans

Question 5

What is animal testing?

Answer 5

The testing of products on animals

Question 6

What is organ donation?

Answer 6

When someone dies, their organs can be removed by a surgeon and implanted into another person to help cure them of a disease or to replace their own failing organs.

Question 7

What is euthanasia?

Answer 7

When a doctor helps a seriously ill person to die.

Question 8

Is euthanasia legal in the UK?

Answer 8

No. It is however legal in other European countries such as the Netherlands and Switzerland.

Question 9

What is the Sanctity of Life?

Answer 9

The belief that human life is very special and incredibly valuable.

Question 10

What is Pro-Life?

Answer 10

The belief that saving or protecting human lives is more important than anything else.

Question 11

What do Buddhists believe about Medical Ethics?

Answer 11

Never intentionally cause harm
Reduce Suffering
Show Compassion

Question 12

What do Christians believe about Medical Ethics?

Answer 12

Believe in the sanctity of life
Never Kill (Ten Commandments)
Pro-Life

Question 13

What do Hindus believe about Medical Ethics?

Answer 13

Ahimsa - non-violence or non-harm to all living things
God lives within all things
Care for the elderly and for the sick
Karma - every action affects what happens after death, treat everything with respect and kindness

Question 14

What do Muslims believe about Medical Ethics?

Answer 14

Believe in the sanctity of life
Allah in charge of when life begins and ends
Human Life is more important than Animal Life - Humans can reason and act inteligently, wih justice and compassion

Question 15

What does Quality of Life mean?

Answer 15

The standard of health, comfort and happiness experienced by a person in their day-to-day life.

Question 16

What is the Quality of Life argument?

Answer 16

The idea that very poor quality of life can be used as an argument for euthanasia

Question 17

What is Kantian Ethics?

Answer 17

A way of making ethical decisions that was developed by the German philosopher Immanuel kant in the 1700s

Question 18

What is Utlitarian Ethics?

Answer 18

A way of making ethical decisions that was developed by the British philosophers Jeremy Bentham and John Mill in the 1800s

Question 19

What are the 2 main rules of Kantian Ethics?

Answer 19

1) Never treat peoples as “a means to an end”
2) You should only ever do things that you would be happy for EVERYONE to do

Question 20

What are the 2 main rules of Utilitarian Ethics?

Answer 20

1) Always do whatever causes the most happiness for the most number of people
2) Everyone’s happiness must count equally