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1. The study of ethics related to issues that arise in bioethics
health care.
2. sustained and intentional reflection on morality and ethics
the moral life with analysis, discontent, reasoning,
and arguments
moral rules or principles of behavior that should guide
members of a profession or organization and make
them deal honestly and fairly with each other and with
their custom
3. 1 fundamental moral good-to maximize outcomes of utilitarianism
"utility" -greatest good for the greatest number of
people-the greatest aggregate happiness outcome
4. -concerned with universal/general and impartial rules deontological
or responsibilities of moral conduct
-absolute rule derived from ostensibly universal prin-
ciples of reason, done solely out of sense of duty
5. A concept developed by the philosopher Immanuel categorical imperative
Kant as an ethical guideline for behavior. In deciding
whether an action is right or wrong, or desirable or
undesirable, a person should evaluate the action in
terms of what would happen if everybody else in the
same situation, or category, acted the same way.
-tells us what must be done irrespective of our person-
al desires or goals
6. natural law
, UVA THEOLOGICAL BIOETHICS (RELG 2650) MIDTERM IDS 150 QUESTIO
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Thomas Aquinas
-right actions are those that conform to the moral
standards embedded in nature and all reasonable
people can discover and affirm them through human
reason
-nature itself is telological
7. -derived from modern democratic thinking rights theory
8. -focus on analyzing specific cases and then analogical casuistry/ethical pragma-
reasoning from them tism
-claims confidence in circumstances vs broad general
moral principles
9. -view of ethics by most people who follow religion divine command theory
-source of long-standing moral code
-morality is an expression of gods will
10 commandments-the symbol
Difficulties:
-problematic in pluralistic societies because depends
on religious agreement
-authoritarian and not autonomously motivated
-too focused on the next/spiritual life
10. God will communicate to people the basis of moral revelation
life through written and living heritage of the church
(depositum fidei)
11. (berit) the special partnership that god forges with convenant
this special figure of Abraham and then his decen-
, UVA THEOLOGICAL BIOETHICS (RELG 2650) MIDTERM IDS 150 QUESTIO
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dents; and then the people at large
-there are mutual rights and responsibilities; but al-
ways initiated by god (asymetric in that sense)
-with specific people, but the purpose is to overflow
into the rest of humanity (universal dynamic/signifi-
cance)
12. People who are said to receive messages from God to prophets
be taught to others
-
13. -"teaching/instruction" Torah
-says very little about medical care
-God is the healer
The first five books of Jewish Scripture, which they
believe are by Moses, are called this
-the code
14. compilation of Mishna combined with Rabbinic com- Talmud
mentary and decisions 2 versions
1.Palestinian
2. Babylonian
15. Jewish laws as applied to jewish living halakhah
-responsorial, ongoing engagement; return to
sources and apply them to new issues in modern so-
ciety
-highly conversational, debate and questioning is part
of the processes
-causist-it does focus on specific cases and how they
would relate to ones that have clear presence in the
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS HIGHLY RATED VERSION FOR ALREA
A GRADED WITH EXPERT FEEDBACK | NEW AND REVISED
1. The study of ethics related to issues that arise in bioethics
health care.
2. sustained and intentional reflection on morality and ethics
the moral life with analysis, discontent, reasoning,
and arguments
moral rules or principles of behavior that should guide
members of a profession or organization and make
them deal honestly and fairly with each other and with
their custom
3. 1 fundamental moral good-to maximize outcomes of utilitarianism
"utility" -greatest good for the greatest number of
people-the greatest aggregate happiness outcome
4. -concerned with universal/general and impartial rules deontological
or responsibilities of moral conduct
-absolute rule derived from ostensibly universal prin-
ciples of reason, done solely out of sense of duty
5. A concept developed by the philosopher Immanuel categorical imperative
Kant as an ethical guideline for behavior. In deciding
whether an action is right or wrong, or desirable or
undesirable, a person should evaluate the action in
terms of what would happen if everybody else in the
same situation, or category, acted the same way.
-tells us what must be done irrespective of our person-
al desires or goals
6. natural law
, UVA THEOLOGICAL BIOETHICS (RELG 2650) MIDTERM IDS 150 QUESTIO
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS HIGHLY RATED VERSION FOR ALREA
A GRADED WITH EXPERT FEEDBACK | NEW AND REVISED
Thomas Aquinas
-right actions are those that conform to the moral
standards embedded in nature and all reasonable
people can discover and affirm them through human
reason
-nature itself is telological
7. -derived from modern democratic thinking rights theory
8. -focus on analyzing specific cases and then analogical casuistry/ethical pragma-
reasoning from them tism
-claims confidence in circumstances vs broad general
moral principles
9. -view of ethics by most people who follow religion divine command theory
-source of long-standing moral code
-morality is an expression of gods will
10 commandments-the symbol
Difficulties:
-problematic in pluralistic societies because depends
on religious agreement
-authoritarian and not autonomously motivated
-too focused on the next/spiritual life
10. God will communicate to people the basis of moral revelation
life through written and living heritage of the church
(depositum fidei)
11. (berit) the special partnership that god forges with convenant
this special figure of Abraham and then his decen-
, UVA THEOLOGICAL BIOETHICS (RELG 2650) MIDTERM IDS 150 QUESTIO
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS HIGHLY RATED VERSION FOR ALREA
A GRADED WITH EXPERT FEEDBACK | NEW AND REVISED
dents; and then the people at large
-there are mutual rights and responsibilities; but al-
ways initiated by god (asymetric in that sense)
-with specific people, but the purpose is to overflow
into the rest of humanity (universal dynamic/signifi-
cance)
12. People who are said to receive messages from God to prophets
be taught to others
-
13. -"teaching/instruction" Torah
-says very little about medical care
-God is the healer
The first five books of Jewish Scripture, which they
believe are by Moses, are called this
-the code
14. compilation of Mishna combined with Rabbinic com- Talmud
mentary and decisions 2 versions
1.Palestinian
2. Babylonian
15. Jewish laws as applied to jewish living halakhah
-responsorial, ongoing engagement; return to
sources and apply them to new issues in modern so-
ciety
-highly conversational, debate and questioning is part
of the processes
-causist-it does focus on specific cases and how they
would relate to ones that have clear presence in the
