Biomedical Ethics (PHIL 235) Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed

Biomedical Ethics (PHIL 235) Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed Main Branches of Ethics - Correct 1. Meta-Ethics 2. Normative Ethics Meta-Ethcs - Correct Questions the possibility and nature of ethics itself Normative Ethics - Correct Seeks the rules or principles that should guide behaviour Normative Ethics (sub-categories) - Correct A. Consequentialism B. Deontology C. Virtue Theory D. Ethics of Care Consequentialism - Correct Right and wrong is determined by consequences put on the decision Deontology - Correct Things are right or wrong regardless of consequences Virtue Theory - Correct Focuses on character and the ways in which people practice and facilitate the practice of virtues in community, thereby facilitating happiness. "What I should do is irrelevant, it is about who I should be." Ethics of Care - Correct Empathizes that ethics isn't about "me", the individual, but my duty to others Morality - Correct An explicit or implicit system of rules that governs the behaviour and values of a certain group of people Ethics and Moral Philosophy - Correct The study of morality - its concepts, practices, and justifications