Public Health Ethics. Thinking about bioethics, human rights, justice and moral responsibility

The video explores ethics in public health, focusing on bioethics, human rights, and distributive justice. It discusses frameworks for ethical decision-making at individual, group, national, and global levels, highlighting key concepts like utilitarianism, deontological ethics, and moral responsibility.

Which of the following is NOT one of the four buckets in the ethical framework discussed?

• Global civil society

• Groups of people

• Individuals

• Economic systems

What does the principle of nonmaleficence emphasize in bioethics?

• Promoting justice in treatment

• Ensuring patient autonomy

• Avoiding harm to the patient

• Maximizing benefits for the patient

Which principle in bioethics ensures that patients have the freedom to make their own decisions?

• Justice

• Beneficence

• Nonmaleficence

• Autonomy

Which type of human rights is enforceable immediately?

• Economic rights

• Social rights

• Civil and political rights

• Cultural rights

What is the main focus of utilitarian ethics?

• Maintaining cultural traditions

• Ensuring individual rights

• Maximizing happiness for the most people

• Following absolute moral rules

What is the difference between inequality and inequity?

• Inequality is always negative, inequity is not

• Inequity refers to systematic unfairness, inequality does not

• Inequality is about wealth, inequity is about health

• Inequity is a type of inequality that is beneficial

According to John Rawls, what should be the focus when considering inequality in society?

• Ensuring the least well-off are as well-off as possible

• Maximizing the wealth of the richest

• Reducing the overall wealth of society

• Achieving complete equality for everyone

What is the primary concern of distributive justice in public health?

• Maximizing individual wealth

• Ensuring fair distribution of resources

• Reducing government intervention

• Promoting cultural diversity

What does the concept of moral responsibility entail at a global level?

• Taking responsibility for past benefits from injustices

• Prioritizing economic growth over ethics

• Focusing only on local issues

• Ignoring historical injustices

What is the main argument against the concept of moral distance?

• Moral distance is necessary for practical reasons

• Ethical obligations are determined by cultural norms

• Distance should not affect our ethical obligations

• We should only help those close to us