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Bioethics EXAM 1The right to make decisions about one's own life is the principle of? - answer Autonomy
In Bentham's _______ calculus, the criterion of how many people are likely to benefit
from a course of action is called _____. - answer Hedonistic, extent.
A moral proposition of the form "If you want X, then you should do Y" is called a
______. - answer Hypothetical Imperative.
The idea that moral judgements are expressions of feelings is called _____. - answer
Emotivism.
Metaethics is concerned with - answer The meaning of ethical terms.
For Beauchamp and Childress, __________, are the locus of certainty; for casuist, the
locus of certainty is ________. - answer The four principles. Casuistry specifically
paradigmatic cases.
To answers the objections that utilitarianism may command to do something that is
unjust, utilitarians adopt one of two strategies: - answera. To change what is being
evaluated (action vs. rules)
b. Change the definition of what is good. (define advantages)
A prima facie duty becomes an actual duty in two circumstances: - answera. If the duty
is relevant and appropriate with the circumstances present.
b. It conflicts with others but overrides them.
For Kant, the only thing is good without qualification is - answerA goodwill.
While consequentialists and deontologists focus on ____, virtue ethicists focus on ____.
- answerActions, Character.
The idea that what is good is what God approves of is called - answerDevine command
theory of morality.
There are four major sets of issues in bioethics: - answera. issues in medical practice
b. Issues of life and death
c.Issues in biotechnology
d. Issues of justice
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