RELG 2650 Midterm || All Answers Are Correct 100%.
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Alien dignity. correct answers KMG 11; human worth/dignity is given from the outside, dignity not inherent to ourselves, it is borrowed from God, KMG argue for a more ennobilizing definition.
Autonomy (definition, theories, compatibility with authority). correct answers B&C; Autonomy is defined ...
RELG 2650 Midterm || All Answers Are Correct 100%.
Alien dignity. correct answers KMG 11; human worth/dignity is given from the outside, dignity not inherent to ourselves, it is borrowed from God, KMG argue for a more ennobilizing definition.
Autonomy (definition, theories, compatibility with authority). correct answers B&C; Autonomy is defined as the freedom of personal choice without interference or lack of knowledge. Three condition theory: autonomous actions involve intentionality, understanding, and non-control (from outside influences). Split level theory: Capacity to reflect on first and second order desires First Order Desires (Basic Desires) and Second Order Desires (Higher Desires). No fundamental inconsistency exists between autonomy and authority if individuals exercise their autonomy in choosing to accept an institution, tradition, or community that they view as a legitimate source of
direction. Only when authority is improperly presented or accepted will conflicts arise.
Weighing and Balancing. correct answers B&C 20; Process of deliberation and judgement about completing principles in order to decide what moral norm (or principle) should prevail
Beneficence. correct answers B&C 202; acting for the benefit of others by preventing or removing harm and doing or promoting good. Can lead to paternalism which is the overriding of someones autonomy on the gourds that it will benefit them.
Bioethics definition (from lecture). correct answers Bioethics is defined as the application of principles, rules, and values to science, medicine, and health care, whether directly or through public policies
Biomedical/Social/Theological aspects - Three different sources of bioethical questions. correct answers Biomedical questions- medical ethics particular to each case. Social question- questions of race, gender, age. Theological questions- questions about patients beliefs (theological anthropology)
Casuistry. correct answers Cahill 44; Refers to a tradition of moral argument developed throughout the the thirteenth through the seventeenth centuries by catholic moralists. Denotes a process of logical deduction from abstract principles to concrete cases
Common Good. correct answers that which we do for the benefit of all; what we should pursue together. Sum total of social conditions that allow people to reach fulfillment
Common Morality. correct answers B&C 3; The set of universal norms shared by all persons committed to morality. Overlap between systems of morality.
Communal/relational critique of B&C. correct answers Zoloth, Keenan; Argue that the principles
misunderstand and don't address the social aspects of human relationships in medicine. Concerns
for autonomy override other concerns (Keenan) Consent (explicit, informed, tacit, etc.). correct answers B&C 110; Explicit consent- informed consent. Implicit consent- consent to one action means consent to lateral actions/inferable from other actions. Tacit consent- consent given due to a lack of objection. Presumed consent- based on the knowledge of a persons choices.
Cost/benefit analysis. correct answers B&C 231; Cost benefit analysis measures benefits and costs in monetary terms
Cost/effectiveness analysis. correct answers B&C 231; Cost effective analysis measures the benefits and costs in non-monetary terms such as quality of life or years of life or instances of disease
Determinism. correct answers Sachadina 79; The idea that there is no real free choice and that choices are determined by outside sources independent of the free will
Differences between Weighing and Balancing, Specification, and Casuistry. correct answers B&C and Cahill; Specification allows for the narrowing scope of the principles and gives them content. To do this, you must weigh and balance principles. Overall process is called casuistry
Dualism (in terms of the relationship between body and soul, also as compared with wholism). correct answers KMH (Ch. 2) Seeing the body and the soul as two separate entities (spirit/matter). They argue that the fact that man is created in the image of God proves that you cannot separate the body and the soul as they are one divine being.
Georgetown Mantra. correct answers B&C; Nickname for the four founding principles of biomedical ethics, both B&C worked together at Georgetown University
Grace. correct answers KMG 18; the experience of God's life in our human lives
Hadith. correct answers Mustafa 479; reports about sayings, actions, and approvals of the prophet.
Harm (according to B&C). correct answers B&C 153; A harm is a thwarting, defeating, or setting back of someone's interests, but a harmful action is not always wrong or unjustified.
HeLa. correct answers Name of the line of cells taken from Henrietta Lacks that replicated indefinitely and were sold for financial gain.
Henrietta Lacks case. correct answers Henrietta was an African American woman who died of cervical cancer and had cells taken from her in an operation. The cells were found to regenerate indefinitely and money was made off of them but her kin received no financial compensation
Hippocratic oath. correct answers B&C 150; Above all, do no harm—Nonmaleficence
Imago Dei. correct answers Idea that humans were created in the image and likeness of God; guiding principle behind Catholic bioethics
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