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What are the 3 categories of moral
1 2 What does deontology focus on?
philosophy?
what is the greatest good according to
3 What is an ethical theory? 4
utilitarianism?
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What are the 3 categories of moral Metaethics, Applied ethics, Normative ethics
philosophy?
What are metaethics? the study of the meaning and justification of basic moral beliefs
Study which creates solutions for controversial issues by using
What are applied ethics?
philosophical tools
What are normative ethics? What people ought to do; defines moral duties. (ought)
A theory to help people decide the difference between right and
What is an ethical theory?
wrong and to show what is the moral thing to do in a certain situation.
What do ethics do? Help us make decisions but do not tell us what to do
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Socially constructed, reinforced power of what we must do in order to
What is oughtness?
make the right decision
- Utilitarianism (Consequentialism)
- Deontology (Kantianism)
- Virtue ethics
What are the 6 ethical theories?
- Ethics of care
- Feminist ethics
- Relational ethics
What is the most traditional ethical Deontological ethics
theory?
A system that shows what actions used in a situation that are either right
What did Morality mean to Kant? or wrong- not consequences but focuses on what actions were taken
and if they were morally right or wrong
What does the moral agent do in The person identifies their duties and ensure their actions are morally
Kant ethics? accurate
You can determine what is right and wrong and can be ethical based
What did Kant believe?
on beneficence, autonomy and justice
What does deontology focus on? Doing the greatest good (beneficence)
An unconditional rule that someone develops when someone is
thinking of doing something for eg. no matter what I will always tell the
What is the categorical imperative?
truth
in summary: a rule that everyone will follows all the time in society
to test to determine and assign moral rights and duties eg. if it were
What does universalizable mean?
reasonable would everyone act this way?
If something is not universal and not It is not considered to be reasonable therefore it fails and it is not an
everyone could benefit from the appropriate rule for moral action
rule what happens?
What does it mean to uphold a upholding law of universal human reason
categorical imperative?
What does it mean to submit to a Autonomy
law you give yourself?
What is autonomy? right to self-determination (free choice)
Moral rights eg. A moral claim would be that the nurse has the duty to
What can moral claims be translated
tell a patient about their disease but a moral right would be that the
into?
patient has the right to know about their disease
Moral conflict- choosing between 2 principles eg. being torn between
What does Kant not address in his
having the right to know something and protecting the persons best
theory?
interests
What did Kant believe could not A conflict of duties
happen?
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NURS 2513- Week 2 questions and answers
Save
Practice questions for this set
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overall happiness
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What are the 3 categories of moral
1 2 What does deontology focus on?
philosophy?
what is the greatest good according to
3 What is an ethical theory? 4
utilitarianism?
Don't know?
Terms in this set (86)
What are the 3 categories of moral Metaethics, Applied ethics, Normative ethics
philosophy?
What are metaethics? the study of the meaning and justification of basic moral beliefs
Study which creates solutions for controversial issues by using
What are applied ethics?
philosophical tools
What are normative ethics? What people ought to do; defines moral duties. (ought)
A theory to help people decide the difference between right and
What is an ethical theory?
wrong and to show what is the moral thing to do in a certain situation.
What do ethics do? Help us make decisions but do not tell us what to do
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, 11/3/25, 11:38 AM NURS 2513- Week 2 questions and answers Flashcards | Quizlet
Socially constructed, reinforced power of what we must do in order to
What is oughtness?
make the right decision
- Utilitarianism (Consequentialism)
- Deontology (Kantianism)
- Virtue ethics
What are the 6 ethical theories?
- Ethics of care
- Feminist ethics
- Relational ethics
What is the most traditional ethical Deontological ethics
theory?
A system that shows what actions used in a situation that are either right
What did Morality mean to Kant? or wrong- not consequences but focuses on what actions were taken
and if they were morally right or wrong
What does the moral agent do in The person identifies their duties and ensure their actions are morally
Kant ethics? accurate
You can determine what is right and wrong and can be ethical based
What did Kant believe?
on beneficence, autonomy and justice
What does deontology focus on? Doing the greatest good (beneficence)
An unconditional rule that someone develops when someone is
thinking of doing something for eg. no matter what I will always tell the
What is the categorical imperative?
truth
in summary: a rule that everyone will follows all the time in society
to test to determine and assign moral rights and duties eg. if it were
What does universalizable mean?
reasonable would everyone act this way?
If something is not universal and not It is not considered to be reasonable therefore it fails and it is not an
everyone could benefit from the appropriate rule for moral action
rule what happens?
What does it mean to uphold a upholding law of universal human reason
categorical imperative?
What does it mean to submit to a Autonomy
law you give yourself?
What is autonomy? right to self-determination (free choice)
Moral rights eg. A moral claim would be that the nurse has the duty to
What can moral claims be translated
tell a patient about their disease but a moral right would be that the
into?
patient has the right to know about their disease
Moral conflict- choosing between 2 principles eg. being torn between
What does Kant not address in his
having the right to know something and protecting the persons best
theory?
interests
What did Kant believe could not A conflict of duties
happen?
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