JMU HTH 423 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
A common conservative argument (abortion) Correct Answers
(1) The killing of an innocent person is wrong; (2) the unborn is
an innocent person from the moment of conception; (3)
therefore, it is wrong to kill the unborn.
A Moral Argument has... Correct Answers - At least one moral
premise (supported with good reason)
- At least one nonmoral premise (based on observation)
Absolute Principle Correct Answers Applied without
exceptions
- no grey area
- It is either right or wrong
Act Utilitarianism Correct Answers
Applied Ethics Correct Answers The use of moral norms and
concepts to resolve practical moral issues.
In a practical perspective
Argument Correct Answers At lease one statement (premise)
providing support for another statement (conclusion)
Arguments for confidentiality Correct Answers - Without a
respect for confidentiality, physicians would have a difficult
time fulfilling their duty of beneficence
, - Without respect for confidentiality, trust between physician
and patient would break down
- Disclosure of confidential medical information could harm
patients
- Persons have a right to privacy
Autonomy Correct Answers A person's rational capacity for
self-governance or self-determination - the ability to direct one's
own life and choose for oneself.
Baird v. Eisenstadt Correct Answers The Supreme Court
legalized birth control for all citizens of this country. Marital
status doesn't matter.
Beneficence Correct Answers Do good to others. Enjoins us to
advance the welfare of others and prevent or remove harm to
them.
Bioethics Correct Answers Applied ethics focused on health
care, medical research, and medical technology.
Bioethics Topics Correct Answers -PAS
-Abortion
-PVS removal
-etc....
Causitry Correct Answers A method of moral reasoning that
emphasizes cases and analogy rather than universal principles
and theories from which moral judgements are supposed to be
deduced
SOLUTIONS
A common conservative argument (abortion) Correct Answers
(1) The killing of an innocent person is wrong; (2) the unborn is
an innocent person from the moment of conception; (3)
therefore, it is wrong to kill the unborn.
A Moral Argument has... Correct Answers - At least one moral
premise (supported with good reason)
- At least one nonmoral premise (based on observation)
Absolute Principle Correct Answers Applied without
exceptions
- no grey area
- It is either right or wrong
Act Utilitarianism Correct Answers
Applied Ethics Correct Answers The use of moral norms and
concepts to resolve practical moral issues.
In a practical perspective
Argument Correct Answers At lease one statement (premise)
providing support for another statement (conclusion)
Arguments for confidentiality Correct Answers - Without a
respect for confidentiality, physicians would have a difficult
time fulfilling their duty of beneficence
, - Without respect for confidentiality, trust between physician
and patient would break down
- Disclosure of confidential medical information could harm
patients
- Persons have a right to privacy
Autonomy Correct Answers A person's rational capacity for
self-governance or self-determination - the ability to direct one's
own life and choose for oneself.
Baird v. Eisenstadt Correct Answers The Supreme Court
legalized birth control for all citizens of this country. Marital
status doesn't matter.
Beneficence Correct Answers Do good to others. Enjoins us to
advance the welfare of others and prevent or remove harm to
them.
Bioethics Correct Answers Applied ethics focused on health
care, medical research, and medical technology.
Bioethics Topics Correct Answers -PAS
-Abortion
-PVS removal
-etc....
Causitry Correct Answers A method of moral reasoning that
emphasizes cases and analogy rather than universal principles
and theories from which moral judgements are supposed to be
deduced
