BMEG 455 Exam Questions Well Answered Latest Update 2025-2026
What is utilitarianism? - Answers Produce most good for most people, based on contributions
to happiness.
Act-based: Rules are useful but should be broken whenever doing so creates the most good in a
specific situation.
Rule-based: Rules must be taken seriously. They are morally authoritative and have been
designed to create the most good for all. Rules are there for a reason and are meant to be
followed.
It is the consequence of the rules that makes an action moral or immoral.
Utilitarianism states it must consider everyone, and both the short and long-term consequences.
What is Kant's Duty Ethics? - Answers Ethical action is informed by the motivation behind an
action, rather than the consequence of the action.
Our duties can be derived from our unique nature as human beings.
Happiness can be achieved through good will and the desire/intention to do one's duty.
The consequence of an action is irrelevant to a moral evaluation.
Sense of duty should be imperative, including - be honest, be fair, do not hurt others, obey the
law, keep your promises, respect others, etc.
All people must be treated as someone of independent moral worth, with a claim to make his or
her own life choices.
, What is virtue ethics? - Answers The focus is on the individual - the characteristic of the person
denotes whether a person is ethical.
The moral habits represent a balance between the extremes such as telling everything and
being secretive.
The 4 fundamental moral virtue are:
- Courage (between cowardice and foolhardiness).
- Temperance (between gluttony and self-denial).
- Justice (giving people less than they deserve or more than they deserve).
- Prudence (the wisdom to negotiate the other means).
Virtues include trustworthiness, honesty, loyalty, tolerance, empathy, etc.
What is rights ethics? - Answers Focus on the rights of the individual. Each person is entitled to
a set of fundamental rights (right to liberty is the central focus). Rights to liberty is the basic
rights.
Welfare is also central to this ethic.
What is reflexive principlism? - Answers It is a modern ethical framework based on biomedical
engineering to help develop moral reasoning.
1. Autonomy
2. Beneficence
3. Justice
4. Nonmaleficence
What is the EGAD strategy? - Answers Ethical Issues
What is utilitarianism? - Answers Produce most good for most people, based on contributions
to happiness.
Act-based: Rules are useful but should be broken whenever doing so creates the most good in a
specific situation.
Rule-based: Rules must be taken seriously. They are morally authoritative and have been
designed to create the most good for all. Rules are there for a reason and are meant to be
followed.
It is the consequence of the rules that makes an action moral or immoral.
Utilitarianism states it must consider everyone, and both the short and long-term consequences.
What is Kant's Duty Ethics? - Answers Ethical action is informed by the motivation behind an
action, rather than the consequence of the action.
Our duties can be derived from our unique nature as human beings.
Happiness can be achieved through good will and the desire/intention to do one's duty.
The consequence of an action is irrelevant to a moral evaluation.
Sense of duty should be imperative, including - be honest, be fair, do not hurt others, obey the
law, keep your promises, respect others, etc.
All people must be treated as someone of independent moral worth, with a claim to make his or
her own life choices.
, What is virtue ethics? - Answers The focus is on the individual - the characteristic of the person
denotes whether a person is ethical.
The moral habits represent a balance between the extremes such as telling everything and
being secretive.
The 4 fundamental moral virtue are:
- Courage (between cowardice and foolhardiness).
- Temperance (between gluttony and self-denial).
- Justice (giving people less than they deserve or more than they deserve).
- Prudence (the wisdom to negotiate the other means).
Virtues include trustworthiness, honesty, loyalty, tolerance, empathy, etc.
What is rights ethics? - Answers Focus on the rights of the individual. Each person is entitled to
a set of fundamental rights (right to liberty is the central focus). Rights to liberty is the basic
rights.
Welfare is also central to this ethic.
What is reflexive principlism? - Answers It is a modern ethical framework based on biomedical
engineering to help develop moral reasoning.
1. Autonomy
2. Beneficence
3. Justice
4. Nonmaleficence
What is the EGAD strategy? - Answers Ethical Issues
