WGU C426 Healthcare Values and Ethics - Terms

What is ethics? - correct answer the branch of philosophy that deals with issues of right and wrong in human affairs Microethics - correct answer Individual's view of right and wrong Macro-ethics - correct answer global view of right and wrong General pattern or way of life - correct answer religious ethics Philosophical Ethics - correct answer inquiry about ways of life and rules of conduct Set of rules or "moral conduct" - correct answer Professional codes for ethical behavior autonomy - correct answer Right to make one's own decisions Beneficence - correct answer Doing good or causing good to be done; kindly action nonmaleficence - correct answer Do no harm. Is not concerned with improving others' well-being but with avoiding the infliction of harm. Justice - correct answer is the obligation to be fair in the distribution of benefits and risks. Distributive Justice - correct answer A principle that requires treatment of all persons equally and fairly.