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THEOLOGICAL BIOETHICS (RELG 2650) MIDTERM IDS
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
HIGHLY RATED VERSION FOR ALREADY A GRADED
WITH EXPERT FEEDBACK | NEW AND REVISED
bioethics -... (ANSWER)..The study of ethics related to issues that arise in health
care.
ethics -... (ANSWER)..sustained and intentional reflection on morality and 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
utilitarianism -... (ANSWER)..1 fundamental moral good-to maximize outcomes of
"utility" -greatest good for the greatest number of people-the greatest aggregate
happiness outcome
deontological -... (ANSWER)..-concerned with universal/general and impartial
rules or responsibilities of moral conduct
-absolute rule derived from ostensibly universal principles of reason, done solely
out of sense of duty
categorical imperative -... (ANSWER)..A concept developed by the philosopher
Immanuel 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
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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 personal desires or goals
natural law -... (ANSWER)..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
rights theory -... (ANSWER)..-derived from modern democratic thinking
casuistry/ethical pragmatism -... (ANSWER)..-focus on analyzing specific cases and
then analogical reasoning from them
-claims confidence in circumstances vs broad general moral principles
divine command theory -... (ANSWER)..-view of ethics by most people who follow
religion
-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
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-authoritarian and not autonomously motivated
-too focused on the next/spiritual life
revelation -... (ANSWER)..God will communicate to people the basis of moral life
through written and living heritage of the church (depositum fidei)
convenant -... (ANSWER)..(berit) the special partnership that god forges with this
special figure of Abraham and then his decendents; and then the people at large
-there are mutual rights and responsibilities; but always initiated by god
(asymetric in that sense)
-with specific people, but the purpose is to overflow into the rest of humanity
(universal dynamic/significance)
prophets -... (ANSWER)..People who are said to receive messages from God to be
taught to others
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Torah -... (ANSWER)..-"teaching/instruction"
-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
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Talmud -... (ANSWER)..compilation of Mishna combined with Rabbinic
commentary and decisions 2 versions
1.Palestinian
2. Babylonian
halakhah -... (ANSWER)..Jewish laws as applied to jewish living
-responsorial, ongoing engagement; return to sources and apply them to new
issues in modern society
-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 Torah
-highly porous/open-ended -extended beyond what is clearly stated in the
Talmud
divine body ownership -... (ANSWER)..in Jewish law the body is on loan from God
for the duration of life, so there is a duty not to harm the body
tikkun olam -... (ANSWER)..respect for life is fundamental
-responsibility to health and healing of the social order and the created order
Jesus of Nazarath -... (ANSWER)..(c. 4 BCE-30BCE) Israel's messiah, crucified and
risen from the dead (Christos)
-who was wandering teacher in the 1st century Palestine, he is the
communication of God
THEOLOGICAL BIOETHICS (RELG 2650) MIDTERM IDS
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
HIGHLY RATED VERSION FOR ALREADY A GRADED
WITH EXPERT FEEDBACK | NEW AND REVISED
bioethics -... (ANSWER)..The study of ethics related to issues that arise in health
care.
ethics -... (ANSWER)..sustained and intentional reflection on morality and 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
utilitarianism -... (ANSWER)..1 fundamental moral good-to maximize outcomes of
"utility" -greatest good for the greatest number of people-the greatest aggregate
happiness outcome
deontological -... (ANSWER)..-concerned with universal/general and impartial
rules or responsibilities of moral conduct
-absolute rule derived from ostensibly universal principles of reason, done solely
out of sense of duty
categorical imperative -... (ANSWER)..A concept developed by the philosopher
Immanuel 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
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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 personal desires or goals
natural law -... (ANSWER)..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
rights theory -... (ANSWER)..-derived from modern democratic thinking
casuistry/ethical pragmatism -... (ANSWER)..-focus on analyzing specific cases and
then analogical reasoning from them
-claims confidence in circumstances vs broad general moral principles
divine command theory -... (ANSWER)..-view of ethics by most people who follow
religion
-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
,3|Page
-authoritarian and not autonomously motivated
-too focused on the next/spiritual life
revelation -... (ANSWER)..God will communicate to people the basis of moral life
through written and living heritage of the church (depositum fidei)
convenant -... (ANSWER)..(berit) the special partnership that god forges with this
special figure of Abraham and then his decendents; and then the people at large
-there are mutual rights and responsibilities; but always initiated by god
(asymetric in that sense)
-with specific people, but the purpose is to overflow into the rest of humanity
(universal dynamic/significance)
prophets -... (ANSWER)..People who are said to receive messages from God to be
taught to others
-
Torah -... (ANSWER)..-"teaching/instruction"
-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
, 4|Page
Talmud -... (ANSWER)..compilation of Mishna combined with Rabbinic
commentary and decisions 2 versions
1.Palestinian
2. Babylonian
halakhah -... (ANSWER)..Jewish laws as applied to jewish living
-responsorial, ongoing engagement; return to sources and apply them to new
issues in modern society
-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 Torah
-highly porous/open-ended -extended beyond what is clearly stated in the
Talmud
divine body ownership -... (ANSWER)..in Jewish law the body is on loan from God
for the duration of life, so there is a duty not to harm the body
tikkun olam -... (ANSWER)..respect for life is fundamental
-responsibility to health and healing of the social order and the created order
Jesus of Nazarath -... (ANSWER)..(c. 4 BCE-30BCE) Israel's messiah, crucified and
risen from the dead (Christos)
-who was wandering teacher in the 1st century Palestine, he is the
communication of God
