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Bioethics chapter 1Bioethics - answer Applied ethics (focused on health care, medical science, and
medical technology)
cultural relativism - answer the view that right actions are those sanctioned by one's
culture.
What is descriptive ethics? What kinds of questions does it deal with? - answer The
study of morality using the methodology of science. (No judgments, just claims about
how things are, can be true or false)
Ex: Joe is causing Sue great pain (not It is wrong for Joe to cause Sue great pain)
divine command theory (DCT) - answer The view that morality depends on religion. The
right actions are those commanded by God, and wrong actions are forbidden by God.
ethical relativism - answer moral standards are not objective but are relative to what
individuals (subjective) or cultures (cultural) believe.
ethics - answer the study of the right and the good.
moral absolutism - answerthe belief that objective moral principles allow no exceptions
or must be applied the same way in all cases and cultures.
moral argument - answeran argument whose conclusion is a moral statement, an
assertion that an action is right or wrong or that a person or motive is good or bad.
moral objectivism - answerThe principles that are valid or true for everyone. At least
some moral standards are objective.
morality - answerbeliefs regarding morally right and wrong actions and moral good or
bad persons.
What is normative ethics? What kinds of questions does it deal with? - answerThe
search for, and justification of, moral standards, or norms.
Claim Ex: It is wrong for Joe to cause Sue great pain.
paternalism - answerthe overriding of a person's actions or decision-making for his/her
own good.
subjective relativism - answerethical relativism pertaining to individuals
nonmaleficence - answernot inflicting intentional suffering on others.
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