IHS 3112- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 77 pages long!)
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Laws are created to set boundaries for societal behavior, and they are enforced to ensure that the expected behavior is followed: ethical theories and principles introduce order into the way people think about life. Metaethics seek to understand ethical terms and theories and their application. It i(cid:374)(cid:272)ludes telli(cid:374)g the truth and keeping your promises. It directly violates patient autonomy: nonmaleficience is an ethical principle that requires caregivers to avoid causing harm to patients. Values are used for judging the goodness or badness of some action: ethical values imply standard of worth. Intrinsic value is something that has value in and of itself. Mi(cid:272)(cid:396)oethi(cid:272)s: a(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual (cid:448)ie(cid:449) o(cid:374) ethi(cid:272)s (cid:271)ased o(cid:374) o(cid:374)e"s pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)al life tea(cid:272)hi(cid:374)gs, traditions, and experiences. Macroethics: more a global view on ethics. Ethics can be used in three distinctive ways: 1. Philosophical ethics: inquiry about ways of life and rules of conduct: 2. General pattern/ ways of life: (example: religious ethics: 3. (cid:862)mo(cid:396)al code(cid:863): (cid:894)e(cid:454)a(cid:373)ple: p(cid:396)ofessio(cid:374)alis(cid:373)(cid:895)
