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Week 4: Health in Aging Flashcards

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What are the requirements for ethical theory

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  1. Epistemological Requirements
    2.Logical Requirements
  2. Practical Requirement
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Epistemological Requirements

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-based on evidence, accountable to evidence

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Logical Requirements

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-consistent, Murder different from self defence, you can say do not kill but you have to be all in

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Practical Requirement

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-Must be livable
-ought implies can
If you cant execute it, you cant propose it as an idea

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What are the three ethical theories

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  1. Utilitarianism
  2. Deontology
  3. Principlism
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Utilitarianism

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based on the principle of utility- one should always act in such a way as to bring about the greatest good and the least harm for the greatest number of people- every action you take, should focus on promoting greatest good to greatest number, if harm minimise # of people and the harm

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What are examples of Prominent Utilitarians

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Jeremy Bentham
John Stuart Mill

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What does Bentham’s version of good equal

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Pleasure

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Pleasure principle

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If it feels good, you should do it for the greatest number of people

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Felicific Calculus

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Add up the positives (pleasure-inducing, “hedons”) on one side, subtract the negatives (pain-inducing, “delors”) and if the total is 1 or higher, it is good. The higher the number, the better it is.

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What is Mills version of good equal

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Happiness

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True or False: Mill claims that secondary (applied) morality (don’t steal), can come from the principle of utility

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True

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Rules

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syllabus/academic calendar, specific/you must or must not do the following, come out of principles

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Principles

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statement of essential value that must payed attention to in your behaviour

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What are the different ways of applying the principle of utility

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Act, Rule

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Act

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determine if giving money to him/her will promote the good
+ you can evaluate the evidence first-hand
- gives people the chance to not do what is good (through false claims)

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Rule

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sharing money with the poor is good.
+ universal – no one can wimp out of doing what is good
- doesn’t allow for unique circumstances (rules don’t allow for exceptions)

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True or False: Utilitarianism is different than egosim

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True

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Deontology

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Emphasis is on duty and principles, not on outcomes

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Categorical imperative

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“Act only according to that maxim which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.”
… Ill do this, so everyone else should do it too

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Practical imperative

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“Act so that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in that of another, always as an end and never as a means only.”
Opposite of..
Go to get coffee to get coffee, but not to build a relationship with cashiers but she slips and gets injured but we still don’t have the coffee..
Using people as means to yourself and not really for yourself

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True of false: outcome is what matters not adherence to duty

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False: Outcome is not what matters, its adherence to duty!

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Categorical imperative for lying

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lying is wrong because you could not universalize lying as good

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Practial imperative for lying

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lying deprives the parents of their entitled role and treats them as a means to the end (supportive family, and comfortable death)

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What are the fundamental principles of good action (deontologists agree on)

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  1. Principle of autonomy & respect for persons
  2. Principle of impossibility
  3. Principle of equality & justice
  4. Principle of beneficence
  5. Principle of Non-Malfeasance
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Principle of Autonomy & Respect for Persons

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  • you have the right to self-determination
  • only infringed when you use that right to violate others right to self-determination
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Principle of Impossibility

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  • rights & duties are void if they are impossible (duty to save the life of the terminal patient)
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Principle of Fidelity or Right Action

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  • you have a duty to discharge your obligations to the best of your abilities
  • fidelity (adhering to the assigned mission)
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Principle of Equality & Justice

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  • doing your duty without discrimination to others
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Principle of Beneficence

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do good things

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Principle of Non-Malfeasance

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do no harm

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Practical imperative for lying

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lying deprives the parents of their entitled role and treats them as a means to the end (supportive family, and comfortable death)

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