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BIOETHICS EXAM 2024 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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BIOETHICS EXAM 2024Ethics as a Science – answer That which is a systematized body of knowledge is
science; Ethics is a systematized body of knowledge; therefore
Ethics as Philosophical Science - answer Ethics take a look at the ultimate cause,
principle and truth by the use of human reason alone; therefore ethics is philosophy
Ethics as a Practical Science - answer the study of that which is to be acted upon is a
________; ethics deals with the study of that which is to be acted upon; therefore
Customs - answer long established practices common to a particular community, class
or race
Habit - answer applied to an individual and implies the repetition of the same action as
to develop a natural, spontaneous or rooted tendency or inclination to perform it.
Practice - answer applies to a regularly followed procedure or pattern in conducting
activities
Etiquette - answerobservance of social norms as required by good breeding
Biology - answerthe science of life and of living organisms, including their structure,
function, growth, origin, evolution, and distribution. It includes botany and zoology and
all their subdivisions.
Bioethics - answercoined from the terms, bios, which mean life and ethics
Bioethics - answerterm used to describe the application of ethics to biological sciences,
medicine, and related fields
Bioethics - answerit is a systematic study of human behavior, specifically, in the fields of
life sciences and health care, as examined in the light of moral values and principles
Bioethics - answerin philosophy, it is a branch of ethics that is concerned with issues
surrounding health care and the biological sciences.
Health Ethics - answeris a science that deals with the study of the morality of human
conduct concerning health and health care
, Professional Ethics - answeris a division of ethics that relates to professional behavior.
It includes the moral duty or obligations which a member of the profession owes to the
public, his profession, to his colleagues, and to his clients
1. to reassure the public
2. to provide guidelines for the profession to discipline and regulate its members
3. to provide a framework on which individual members can formulate their decisions -
answerThree main functions of professional ethics;
Health Care - answeris the prevention ,treatment and management of illness and the
preservation of mental and physical well- being through the services offered by the
medical and allied health professions
Morality - answerrefers to social conventions about right and wrong human conduct that
are so wildly shared that they form a stable, communal consensus in a certain
population or in a certain specific society
Common Morality - answercomprises socially approved norms of human conduct.
1. General ethics
2. Social Ethics - answerEthics consists of two parts;
General Ethics - answerdeals with basic principles which are the morality of human acts
Social Ethics - answertackles the basic principles affecting man as a member of society
1. Deontology
2. Teleology
3. Utilitarianism - answerETHICAL THEORIES
Deontology or Duty Based Ethics - answerit is an ethical study or ethical inquiry
regarding duty.
-coined by Charlie Dunbar Broad
-"deon" (greek word) means obligation or duty
-"logos" mean inquiry or study
-is an approach to ethics that puts focus on the rightness and wrongness of actions as
such
-some acts are right or wrong because of the sorts of things they are, and people have
a duty to act accordingly, regardless of the good or bad consequences that may be
produced.
-do the right thing, even if that produces more harm (or less good) than doing the wrong
thing
-people have a duty to do the right thing, even if it produces a bad result.
-concerned with what people do, not with the consequences of their actions.
1. It is wrong to kill innocent people
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