Ethics

Things that are normally considered right or wrong, as influenced by professions, culture, religion, government, and society

(a)  

• Moral norm
• Moral principles
• Moral pillars
• Ethical norm

self-rule of an

individual to freely act in accordance with self-chosen plan

(a)  

• Autonomy
• Beneficence
• Non-maleficence
• Justice

Refraining from subjecting others to controlling constraints and ensuring that proper information is provided for decision making is an example of:

(a)  

• Justice
• Non-maleficence
• Beneficence
• Respect for Autonomy

This exception to autonomy means "first impression" and applies when the individual's autonomous choices may endanger themselves or others

(a)  

• Prima Facie Standing
• Prima Impresie Standing
• Manao Mua Standing
• Proti Entyposi Standing

The obligation to abstain from causing harm to others

• Respect for autonomy

• Beneficence

• Non-maleficence

• Justice

If a harmful act infringes upon the pillar of non-maleficence, but it is outweighed by other ethical principles or rules, is it justified?

• Yes

• No

Performing an invasive or risky procedure without adequate indication, even if it will definitively fix the patient's problem, infringes upon which moral pillar the MOST?

(i.e, jumping straight to a cric in order to secure a Pt w/ idiopathic AMS)

• Beneficence

• Non-maleficence

• Justice

• Respect for autonomy

This principle of beneficence involves the balance of benefits, risks, and costs to produce best overall results

• Positive Beneficence

• Technical Beneficence

• Neutral Beneficence

• Utility Beneficence

Two men in the desert come upon a third, who has ran out of supplies and is waiting to die of exposure. The first man stops and shows that he cares about the dying man's plight, but soon goes on his way. The second man stops, shows that he cares, and offers his assistance. Match the first two men to the concept of beneficence that best describes their actions.

First Man: ​ ​ (a)  

Second Man: ​ (b)  

• Obligatory Beneficence
• Ideal Beneficence
• Specific
• Specific Beneficence
• General Beneficence

Actions are right or wrong according to the balance of their good and bad

consequences; the morality of an action depends on its outcome, rather than the intention.

• Consequentialist theory

• Jungian theory

• Kantian theory

• Aurelian Theory