PNR300 Week 2 Ethical theories and
Principles Exam Questions And Answers
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Theory -
correct answer ✅proposed explanation for a class of phenomena;
not necessarily the truth or reality but might shed the light on truth
Define ethics -
correct answer ✅- Set of standards of conduct that guide decisions
and actions based on duties derived from core values.
- always involves thinking an feeling, study and practice knowledge
and intuition
Ethical Theories -
correct answer ✅- A moral principles or a set of moral principles
that can be used in assessing what is morally right or morally wrong
in a given situation
- can be used to develop decision making tools for application in
clinical setting
-provide us with framework to help us do the right thing or make
right decisions
what are the 4 major ethical theories ? -
correct answer ✅1. deontology
2. utilitarianism
, PNR300 Week 2 Ethical theories and
Principles Exam Questions And Answers
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3. feminist ethics
4. ethics of caring or nursing ethics
Deontology/Kantian Ethics -
correct answer ✅- by Immanuel Kant
- focused on your duties and obligations and if this is followed, your
action will be ethical
- Rule has no exceptions (NO EXCUSES)
Based on deontology ethics, our duty us determined by what ? -
correct answer ✅MAXIMS - logical principles are based on reason
(truth is right)
ethical theory based on belief that humans have the capacity to
think through problems and determine the right action based on
duty (focuses on rightness and wrongness of an act and
consequences do not matter) -
correct answer ✅DEONTOLOGY
utilitarian -
correct answer ✅- opposite of deontology
Principles Exam Questions And Answers
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Theory -
correct answer ✅proposed explanation for a class of phenomena;
not necessarily the truth or reality but might shed the light on truth
Define ethics -
correct answer ✅- Set of standards of conduct that guide decisions
and actions based on duties derived from core values.
- always involves thinking an feeling, study and practice knowledge
and intuition
Ethical Theories -
correct answer ✅- A moral principles or a set of moral principles
that can be used in assessing what is morally right or morally wrong
in a given situation
- can be used to develop decision making tools for application in
clinical setting
-provide us with framework to help us do the right thing or make
right decisions
what are the 4 major ethical theories ? -
correct answer ✅1. deontology
2. utilitarianism
, PNR300 Week 2 Ethical theories and
Principles Exam Questions And Answers
Latest Update
3. feminist ethics
4. ethics of caring or nursing ethics
Deontology/Kantian Ethics -
correct answer ✅- by Immanuel Kant
- focused on your duties and obligations and if this is followed, your
action will be ethical
- Rule has no exceptions (NO EXCUSES)
Based on deontology ethics, our duty us determined by what ? -
correct answer ✅MAXIMS - logical principles are based on reason
(truth is right)
ethical theory based on belief that humans have the capacity to
think through problems and determine the right action based on
duty (focuses on rightness and wrongness of an act and
consequences do not matter) -
correct answer ✅DEONTOLOGY
utilitarian -
correct answer ✅- opposite of deontology
