Questions and CORRECT Answers
What are MICROETHICS - CORRECT ANSWER -Involves an individuals view of what
is right and wrong based on life experiences.
What are MACROETHICS - CORRECT ANSWER -involves global view of right and
wrong
When did the medical ethics start - CORRECT ANSWER -1970's
What is Utilitarian? - CORRECT ANSWER -Doing the greatest good for the most people
What is Deontology - CORRECT ANSWER -Duty, Doing the right thing may not always
lead to a good result.
What is Nonconsequential ethics? - CORRECT ANSWER -the rightness or wrongness of
an action is based on properties intrinsic to the action, not on its consequences. Like plane crash
surviviors eating the dead
What is ethical relativism - CORRECT ANSWER -The morality is relative to the norms of
ones culture
What is BENEFICENCE - CORRECT ANSWER -Doing good, Demonstrating kindness,
Showing compassion, Telling someone that they are going to die.
What is Medical Paternalism - CORRECT ANSWER -Physicians influences a patients
healthcare decision by telling them what they prefer based on personal beliefs