Medical Ethics MidTerm
A Category III triage patient: - ✔✔is only likely to survive if they are given treatment
A consequentialist theory is any theory which: - ✔✔determines which actions are morally right based on their
consequences, determines which actions are morally wrong based on their consequences
A deductively valid argument is an argument where: - ✔✔if the premises are true, the conclusion must be true
as well
A domain is objective when: - ✔✔its truths are true independently of anyone's thoughts, feelings or beliefs
A medical professional treats a patient impartially when they: - ✔✔treat the patient the same as how they treat
the other patients
A sound argument is an argument where: - ✔✔the argument is deductively valid and the premises are all true
According to Ballantyne, prioritizing the most likely to survive is discriminatory because: - ✔✔COVID-19
co-morbidities are significantly more common amongst disadvantaged groups
According to cultural relativism, disagreeing with your own culture about moral issues is: - ✔✔contradictory
According to Emanuel et al., given limited medical resources we should: - ✔✔prioritize vaccines for children,
be willing to sacrifice the old for the young, prioritize saving the people most likely to survive
According to Emanuel et al., maximizing benefits involves - ✔✔maximizing lives saved, maximizing life-years
saved
According to FitzGerald & Hurst, a bias: - ✔✔is any negative evaluation of a group and its members
compared to other groups
According to Kant, every rational agent: - ✔✔is a person, has dignity, is an end in themselves, has equal
value to every other rational agent
According to Kant, intentions are: - ✔✔important for determining which actions use someone merely as a
means to an end
According to Kantianism, it is immoral to: - ✔✔treat someone merely as a means to an end
According to the Equivalence Thesis: - ✔✔According to the Equivalence Thesis, both Arthur and Bruce did
something morally wrong
According to the Kantian, beneficence requires us to: - ✔✔help people with their goals if it comes at little cost
to yourself, help people when they are in danger of dying
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