C426 Healthcare Values and Ethics Practice Questions and Answers

Ethics A set of principles of right and wrong conduct. A theory or system of moral values regarding what is right and what is wrong, which guides behavior in relationships among people in accordance with certain social roles. Microethics an individual's view of what is right and wrong based on personal life experiences. Macroethics a more global view of right and wrong Bioethics The philosophical study of the ethical controversies brought about by advances in biology, research (e.g., human cloning), and medicine. Morality a class of rules held by society to govern the conduct of its individual members Morals ideas about what is right and what is wrong Standards used to guide human conduct by stating desirable traits to be exhibited and undesirable ones to be avoided. Principles responsibilities that do not specify what the required conduct should be. Rules specific conduct; they do not allow for individual professional judgment Moral judgments judgments concerned with what an individual or group believes to be the right or proper behavior in a given situation normative ethics The study of what is right and wrong, prescribes how people ought to act General normative ethics the critical study of major moral precepts of such matters as what things are right, what things are good, and what things are genuine Applied ethics the application of normative theories to practical moral problems. It attempts to explain and justify specific moral problems such as abortion, euthanasia, and assisted suicide. Descriptive/comparative ethics deals with what people believe to be right and wrong