PHI 1370 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Virtue Ethics, Planned Parenthood, Bioethics

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21 Apr 2016
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1) what is philosophy? a theory/attitude held by a person that acts as a guiding principle for behaviour. No, they differ between societies and change over time. The moral issues and problems that have arisen as a result of modern medicine/medical research (often life-and-death); principles can be personal, organizational, institutional or worldwide (e. g. planned parenthood) Ii. the nature of the act is itself good, or at least morally neutral; the agent intends the good effect and not the bad either as a means to the good or as an end itself; Iii. the good effect outweighs the bad effect in circumstances sufficiently grave to justify causing the bad effect and the agent exercises due diligence to minimize the harm. 5) what is an ethical dilemma? a complex situation that often involves an apparent mental conflict between moral imperatives, in which to obey one would result in transgressing another.