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Flashcards by katy.lynock, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by katy.lynock
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| Question | Answer |
| Social Contract Ethics 4 | Rousseau - the presumption of authority of Kings Human rights imply duties to society - taxes Rights imply duties - how do animals come into it Requires JUSTICE for society |
| Justice Ethics 3 | JOHN RAWLS Those who draw up the rules should not be aware of their own rank Scandinavian countries come closest in this |
| Combined Ethical Thinking 7 | Governs medical services Deontological - respect all humans as autonomous Consequentialist - careful consideration of likely outcomes Virtue - examine underlying motives Social Contract - duties of individual to society Justice - fairness for all members of society |
| Ethical Matrix 4 | Well-being - BENEFICENCE doing the patient good and NON-MALEFICENCE doing the patient no harm BOTH CONSEQUENTIALIST AUTONOMY - respect for patients aas individuals DEONTOGICAL JUSTICE fairness to patients |
| Consequentialist 2 | Judge actions to their likely consequences The greatest good for the greatest number |
| J.S. Mills 2 | Moral choice was to do what would benefit the greatest number of people. Not sure of outcome at the point of choice. |
| Consequentialism and the NHS 4 | If swapped to insurance - only for those that could afford it, decrease tax. Restricts availability of very £ new drugs Obese have to lose weight to gain a hip replacement benefit to majority is huge and the harm to the minority is tiny |
| Virtue Ethics 2 | Ideas of motivation Judges actions according to their intention and practice of virtue Who would benefit |
| Natural Law and Catholicism 6 | Theological Everything has a part in a divine plan Human virtue of human life Roman Catholic response to contraception - purpose of sex is reproduction Homosexual acts are also immoral Voided if there are other purposes to sexual acts |
| Natural Laws 3 | Rules of biological existence Feed and survive and reproduce Amoral |
| Rights Theories 3 | Human rights inborn - could be extended to animals Same rights if suffering from dementia/coma/vegetative AUTONOMY - the right to choose |
| The Dead-ends of Bioethics Rational Egoism 3 | Right course of action favours ME Selfish motivation Hedonism - for my pleasure |
| The Dead-ends of Bioethics Moral Relativism 3 | Morality depends on culture All a matter of opinion so no rights or wrongs Lincoln and slavery |
| Immanuel Kant 6 | 18th century philosopher. Deontological. Categorical imperative - overwhelming sense of duty. Act a way which you would wish to see applied universally. Treat people as ends in themselves and not solely as a means to an end - no exploitation. Against including animals. |
| David Sharp 4 | Carried on to Everest without his group. Collapsed on descent. Endanger lives of team who attempted to bring him down. Commercial influence - pay lots to reach top. |
| The two dimensions of ethical choices | Less personal + more society = conformist More personal + less society = individualist or rebel Little personal + little society = rebel |
| Deontological Ethics 2 | Judges actions according to set moral principles/sense of duty. May be religious. |
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