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Metaethics - ANSWER universal truths
Normative ethics - ANSWER moral standards for behavior
Applied ethics - ANSWER focus on specific issues
Values - ANSWER beliefs that are used to guide behavior, freely given, chosen on what
you find important
Morals - ANSWER establish rules on conduct, learned over time
Ethics - ANSWER process oriented, reflect what actions should/should not be taken
Bioethics - ANSWER ethics in health care
Moral distress - ANSWER outcome when ethical dilemmas are limited by institutional
constraints
Deontology - ANSWER good intentions even if the outcome is bad
Utilitarianism - ANSWER greatest good for the greatest number
virtue ethics - ANSWER people are born good or bad
, principalism - ANSWER use principles of beneficence, nonmaleficence, justice, and
autonomy but no guidance of precedence
Autonomy - ANSWER make own decisions
Beneficence - ANSWER do good
Nonmaleficence - ANSWER do no harm
Justice - ANSWER equals treated the same and unequals treated differently
Fidelity - ANSWER honor duty and promises
Veracity - ANSWER tell the truth
Kohlberg Moral Development - ANSWER ■ Morals develop sequentially
● Pre-conventional - self-motivated
● Conventional - reward based
○ Majority of adolescents and adults
● Postconventional - nothing for self, only for group
○ Minority of people will reach
Gilligan moral development - ANSWER ■ Morality in terms of conflicting responsibility
● Individual survival
● Goodness vs self-sacrifice
● Caring and being responsible for others and self
Complete Solutions!!
Metaethics - ANSWER universal truths
Normative ethics - ANSWER moral standards for behavior
Applied ethics - ANSWER focus on specific issues
Values - ANSWER beliefs that are used to guide behavior, freely given, chosen on what
you find important
Morals - ANSWER establish rules on conduct, learned over time
Ethics - ANSWER process oriented, reflect what actions should/should not be taken
Bioethics - ANSWER ethics in health care
Moral distress - ANSWER outcome when ethical dilemmas are limited by institutional
constraints
Deontology - ANSWER good intentions even if the outcome is bad
Utilitarianism - ANSWER greatest good for the greatest number
virtue ethics - ANSWER people are born good or bad
, principalism - ANSWER use principles of beneficence, nonmaleficence, justice, and
autonomy but no guidance of precedence
Autonomy - ANSWER make own decisions
Beneficence - ANSWER do good
Nonmaleficence - ANSWER do no harm
Justice - ANSWER equals treated the same and unequals treated differently
Fidelity - ANSWER honor duty and promises
Veracity - ANSWER tell the truth
Kohlberg Moral Development - ANSWER ■ Morals develop sequentially
● Pre-conventional - self-motivated
● Conventional - reward based
○ Majority of adolescents and adults
● Postconventional - nothing for self, only for group
○ Minority of people will reach
Gilligan moral development - ANSWER ■ Morality in terms of conflicting responsibility
● Individual survival
● Goodness vs self-sacrifice
● Caring and being responsible for others and self
