MED 160 HEALTHCARE LAW AND ETHICS - American National University: MED160-GL -M10 Week 3

MED 160 HEALTHCARE LAW AND ETHICS - American National University: MED160-GL -M10 Week 3 Any situation that forces us to choose in a way that involves breaking some ethical norm or contradicting some ethical value. 3. The failure to do something that a reasonable person would do when guided by those circumstances that regulate human affairs or the doing of something that a reasonable and prudent person would not do. 4. An ethical system holding that the right action is one that maximizes some good. 5. The doctrine that skips any reference to principles and rules and judges the right action to be one that brings the greatest happiness to the greatest number. 6. An ethical system that focuses on the heart of the moral agent making the decision rather than the reasoning to a right action. 7. The doctrine that utility is the sole standard of moral conduct. 8. Bringing about the death of a person who is suffering from an incurable disease or condition. 8. Bringing about the death of a person who is suffering from an incurable disease or condition. 9. The party who complains or sues in civil action. 10. An affirmative act that is illegal or wrongful.