What are ethics? Flashcards
What are research ethics
A set of morals and valuses that giude the practice of the scientific community
An action is only good if a virtuous person would do the same thing?
a) Virtue
b) Deontological
c) Utilitarian
a) Virtue
Humans have a duty to do the right thing?
a) Virtue
b) Deontological
c) Utilitarian
b) deontological
The focus is on wether the outcome of an act is right or wrong, not the act itself
a) Virtue
b) Deontological
c) Utilitarian
c) Utilitarian
A good outcome is one that benifits the majority of people
a) Virtue
b) Deontological
c) Utilitarian
c) Utilitarian
Jeremy Benthan is the founder of…
a) Virtue
b) Deontological
c) Utilitarian
c) Utlilitarian
Focus on wether the act is right or wrong, not the outcome
a) Virtue
b) Deontological
c) Utilitarian
b) Deontological
Immanual kunt is a..
a) Virtue
b) Deontological
c) Utilitarian
b) Deontological
This type of ethics has causes an issue in health research as lying is considered unethical
a) Virtue
b) Deontological
c) Utilitarian
b) Deontological
A good outcome is the one that benifits the majority of people
a) Virtue
b) Deontological
c) Utilitarian
c) Utilitarian
Human rights
- all people have rights
- rights should only be restricted if required to protect the rightd of others or prevent harm
Social justice
research should make a meaningful contribution to the world
what is the central virtue?
Caring about others
Important point about social justice
research shouldn’t reinfource excisiting power dynamics (race, gender, disabilty, colonisation)
Why do we need research ethics?
- no harm
-benifits society
-funding + publication - law
- some researchers can’t trusted to act in the best interests of participants
What ensures ethical reesearch?
ethical codes and guidlines e.g general codes, diciplinary codes, funding codes or cultrual codes
Give an example of three codes
Nuremburg, Decleration of helsinki, belmont report
An example of uk ethics law
Data protection act 1998
Human tissues act 2004
Example of EU ethics law
General data protcetion 2016
Examlple of international ethics law
federal polociy for the protection of human subjects (common rule) USA
Why have thics become a thing
WW2 Nazi experiments + stanford prison
Ethical review
process of having research approved by ethics committee
Ethical research
the practise of conducting research in a way that adhers to ethical giudlines and approvals
