Ch.15 Test Bank Health Care Ethics Pozgar

Chapter 15: Health Care Ethics

Multiple Choice

1. __________ judgments concerned with what an individual or group believes to be the right or proper behavior in a given situation.

a. Consequential

b. Ethical

c. Moral

d. Situational

2. __________ addresses such difficult issues as the nature of life, the nature of death, what sort of life is worth living, what constitutes murder, how we should treat people who are especially vulnerable, and the responsibilities that we have to other human beings.

a. Moral ethics

b. Bioethics

c. Situational ethics

d. Virtue ethics

3. The attempt to determine what moral standards should be followed so that human behavior and conduct may be morally right is referred to as __________ ethics.

a. utilitarian

b. situtational

c. consequential

d. normative

4. __________ is an individual’s view of what is right and wrong based on life experiences.

a. Microethics

b. Bioethics

c. Moral ethics

d. Benevolent ethics

5. The __________ theory of ethics denies that the consequences of an action or rule are the only criteria for determining the morality of an action or rule.

a. consequential

b. nonconsequential

c. normative

d. utilitarian

6. __________ are situations where a choice must be made between unpleasant alternatives.

a. Legislative

b. Situational ethics

c. Difficult situations

d. Ethical dilemmas

7. __________ focus on the inherent character of a person rather than on the specific actions that he or she performs.

a. Virtues

b. Bioethics

c. Situational ethics

d. Constitutional ethics

8. __________ are standards or codes of conduct established by the membership of a specific profession.

a. Biotechnology

b. Determinant ethics

c. Professional ethics

d. Descriptive

9. __________ is the branch of philosophy that relates to human conduct regarding the rightness and wrongness of actions and the goodness and badness of motives and ends is

a. Morals

b. Values

c. Ethics

d. Judgments

10. __________ is the application of normative theories to practical moral problems.

a. Consequential ethics

b. Applied ethics

c. Meta-ethics

d. Descriptive

11. __________ is a form of beneficence. People, often believing that they know what is best for another, often make decisions that they believe are in that person’s best interest.

a. Morals

b. Compassion

c. Paternalism

d. Kindness

12. __________ is a guide to behavior that all rational people should put forward to govern their behavior

a. Morality

b. Criminal code of conduct

c. Civil code of conduct

d. Situational ethics

13. __________ is the obligation to be fair in the distribution of benefits and risks.

a. Paternalism

b. Fairness

c. Injustice

d. Justice

14. __________ is the deep awareness of and sympathy for another’s suffering.

a. Kindness

b. Helpfulness

c. Compassion

d. Gratitude

15. A person who has moral integrity and a strict regard for doing what is considered the right thing to do is a __________ person.

a. truthful

b. conscientious

c. perverse

d. discerning

16. The virtue of faithfulness, being true to our commitments and obligations to others is __________.

a. trust

b. infidelity

c. promise

d. fidelity

17. __________ is confidence that a person will act with the right motives.

a. Compassion

b. Trust

c. Paternalism

d. Monarchy

18. __________ is the steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code and a commitment not to compromise this code.

a. Integrity

b. Intuition

c. Instrumental

d. Ideology

19. A more global view of right and wrong is referred to as __________.

a. conflicting judgments

b. moral judgments

c. religious ethics

d. macro-ethics

20. The quality of being considerate and sympathetic to another’s needs is to be __________.

a. tolerable

b. bearable

c. kind

d. intolerable

21. __________ serves a moral purpose by providing codes of conduct for appropriate behavior through revelations from a divine source.

a. Professional ethics

b. Buddhism

c. Religion

d. Hinduism

22. __________ implies that there is purpose and mean­ing to life.

a. Atheism

b. Spirituality

c. Agnosticism

d. Incredulity

23. When caring for the dying, relatives may wish to perform rituals at this time. In death, jewelry, sacred threads, or other religious objects should not be removed from the body. Washing the body is part of the funeral rites and should be carried out by the relatives. Such acts are practiced in __________.

a. Taoism

b. Judaism

c. Buddhism

d. Hinduism

24. A religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs, and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to the Indian prince named Siddhartha Gautama (563–483 BC) is practiced in __________.

a. Buddhism

b. Taoism

c. Hinduism

d. Judaism

25. __________ is based on the Bible’s New Testament teachings.

a. Christianity

b. Judaism

c. Taoism

d. Falun Gong