ETHICS - BAO BOARD EXAMS QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS
What is *moral*? - Answer -- Concerned with goodness or badness of human character
or behaviour, or with the distinction between right and wrong
- Concerned with accepted rules and standards of human behaviour
- Virtuous in general conduct
- Capable of moral action
What is *moral philosophy*? - Answer -Branch of philosophy concerned with ethics
What is *principle*? - Answer -Fundamental truth or law as the basis of reasoning or
action
What is *relativism*? - Answer -- The idea that what is right in one culture (situation,
community, etc.) may or may not be right in another
- What is right depends on the culture
What is *objectivity*? - Answer -- Aka *Nonrelativism*
- "Certain acts are objectively right or wrong, independent of human opinion"
- Moral codes may stem from our ability as humans to engage in higher-order thought,
from divine, or from a combination of the two
What is *practicality*? - Answer -What is ethically sound vs what is practical
What is *beneficence*? - Answer -- The act of charity, mercy and kindness with a
strong connotation of doing good to others including moral obligation
- Holding evil-doers accountable for their actions
What is *consent*? - Answer -The granting of permission by the patient for another
person to perform an act
What are the *three central principles* of ethics? - Answer -- Respect for persons
- Fairness
- Have rules of conduct that result in happiness
What are the *three branches* of ethics? - Answer -- *Metaethics*
- *Normative ethics*
- *Applied ethics*
What is *metaethics*? - Answer -- Theoretical
- Investigates the nature of ethics
- Where does it originate and what does it mean?
ANSWERS
What is *moral*? - Answer -- Concerned with goodness or badness of human character
or behaviour, or with the distinction between right and wrong
- Concerned with accepted rules and standards of human behaviour
- Virtuous in general conduct
- Capable of moral action
What is *moral philosophy*? - Answer -Branch of philosophy concerned with ethics
What is *principle*? - Answer -Fundamental truth or law as the basis of reasoning or
action
What is *relativism*? - Answer -- The idea that what is right in one culture (situation,
community, etc.) may or may not be right in another
- What is right depends on the culture
What is *objectivity*? - Answer -- Aka *Nonrelativism*
- "Certain acts are objectively right or wrong, independent of human opinion"
- Moral codes may stem from our ability as humans to engage in higher-order thought,
from divine, or from a combination of the two
What is *practicality*? - Answer -What is ethically sound vs what is practical
What is *beneficence*? - Answer -- The act of charity, mercy and kindness with a
strong connotation of doing good to others including moral obligation
- Holding evil-doers accountable for their actions
What is *consent*? - Answer -The granting of permission by the patient for another
person to perform an act
What are the *three central principles* of ethics? - Answer -- Respect for persons
- Fairness
- Have rules of conduct that result in happiness
What are the *three branches* of ethics? - Answer -- *Metaethics*
- *Normative ethics*
- *Applied ethics*
What is *metaethics*? - Answer -- Theoretical
- Investigates the nature of ethics
- Where does it originate and what does it mean?
