Midterm Flashcards
Advance directive
A written expression of a person’s wishes about medical care, especially care during a terminal or critical illness.
Applied ethics
is the philosophical examination, from a moral standpoint, of particular issues in private and public life that are matters of moral judgment. It is thus the attempts to use philosophical methods to identify the morally correct course of action in various fields of human life.
Arguments:
- Moral/value premise
- Non-moral/Fact/empirical premise
- Conclusion
Premise: Kaylee is pretty
Fact: All girls are pretty
Conclusion: Therefore, kaylee is a girl and she is pretty.
Assent/Dissent (v. consent/refusal)
Assent: like when 15 year olds bang and they can’t give consent because they are not of age.
Dissent: the expression or holding of opinions at variance with those previously, commonly, or officially held.
Autonomy
A formalist or deontological moral principle that holds that actions or rules are morally right insofar as they involve respecting the autonomous choices of individuals. (Note: autonomy is also a psychological state of an individual who is capable of being self-determine or self-legislating. the moral principle of autonomy holds that one has a duty to respect the self-determined choices of autonomous individuals).
Avoiding killing (principle of) -Do we need it?
we can let you die but we cannot kill you. we need this principle in order to explain why we make certain judgments. should you be committed to it? maybe maybe not. we need it to explain judgments we make but do we need to be committed to it?
Belmont Principles
- What are they?
- What does Veatch add?
- Do we need all of Veatch’s?
- Should there be more?
What are they: autonomy, justice, beneficence, non-malificence
Veatch adds: veracity, fidelity and avoiding killing
Do we need all: no we do not need avoiding killing, but it is commonly used but you must evaluate
Beneficence
- Hippocratic
- General utility
beneficence: the principle that holds that actions are morally right insofar as they produce as much or more benefit than alternative actions.
general beneficent: generally producing good outcomes
Benefits (calculation of)
- Medical/non-medical
- Subjective/objective
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Benevolence
The virtue involving a persistent disposition to will the good.
Casuistry
The approach to ethics that addresses case problems by applying paradigm or settled case attempting to identify orally relevant similar and dissimilar features.
Categorical Imperative
an unconditional moral obligation that is binding in all circumstances and is not dependent on a person’s inclination or purpose.
Code of Ethics
document may outline the mission and values of the business or organization, how professionals are supposed to approach problems, the ethical principles based on the organization’s core values and the standards to which the professional will be held.
Common morality
In order to do bioethics we have to have come solving the issue of metaethics principles. assumption that we all have a shared common morality. the morals we assume we all have in common.
Competence/non competence
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Consent/Refusal (v. assent/dissent)
consent- when you want to bang and you’re old enough so you can, but you were probs gonna anways
refusal- when you don’t want something, like getting raped
Critical v experiential needs
Critical: things that come out of critical thought process and are expressed in advanced directive.
Experiential:
Death- definitions and criteria (organ donations)
-permanent v. irreversible cessation
article about permanent vs. irreversible.