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Flashcards by madeleine.hurrel4272, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by madeleine.hurrel4272
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| Question | Answer |
| 'Principal of Totality' | the parts of the body that only exists for the good of the whole |
| Act Utilitarianism | Look at the consequences of each individual act and calculate value |
| Autonomy | Freedom to act in a certain way (personal independence) |
| Ascetic | Rigorous self denial |
| Bioethics | the application of ethical decision making to a range of issues related to medical practice, research or healthcare |
| Care Ethics | Branch of moral development which stresses the importance of relationships and an appreciation of practical needs |
| Cloning | the process of making genetically identical copies of organisms |
| Code of Ethics | a statement of ethical principles, values and behaviours expected of members in an organisation |
| Common Good | Something that should benefit the community as a whole |
| Conscience | Inner sense of what is right and wrong in one's conducts or motives, impelling one towards right action |
| Deontological | Where certain acts must be done/ not done regardless of consequences |
| 'Double Effect' Principle | Actions have more than one effect |
| Dualism | a human being is made up of two distinct substances- soul + body |
| Embryo Research | studying living, developing, fertile eggs which are a product of conception |
| Ethics | a discipline which involves the use of reason in decision making in terms of what is good + bad. It involves consideration of obligations, responsibilities + the purposeful actions of individuals, groups & society |
| Ethical Code | Developed by a company or profession for employees + clients, which outlines appopriate ways of behaving to the job |
| Extraordinary | Preserving life through extreme difficulty |
| Frame | used to scaffold world view |
| Freedom of Conscience | ability to have own personal intuition of free will (natural law) |
| Genetic Engineering | making modifications to genes for the better |
| Genetic Screening | Testing groups of people to check for potentially hereditary disorders/ diseases |
| Gene Therapy | Medical treatment that corrects genetic defaults by replacing genes |
| Germ Line | extending genetic treatment to the germ or reproductive cells |
| Informed Conscience | A conscience must be well informed to determine rightness of a particular action + make people aware of the issue in decision making |
| Intention | the end someone wants to achieve and the means to do it |
| In- Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) | A method for assisted reproduction, which fertilises + ovum and sperm in a lab and then implants it in a woman's uterus |
| Intrinsic Value | value someone posseses |
| Karma | Consequence of intention to act in a particular way |
| Monism | See the human being as a unity between soul + body |
| Morality | A code of conduct which assist a person in the decision making process |
| Moral Agents | People who have the capacity ti make deliberate decisions |
| Natural Law | Innate knowledge of right and wrong that is part of being human + given to us by God; this theory relies on humans using their powers of reasoning correctly |
| Ordinary | Obligatory procedures that don;t cause harm to life (life sustaining e.g. anitbiotics used to maintain life |
| Pre- Implantation Screening | Screening of embryos for genetic defects prior to implantation |
| 'Slippery Slope' | prohibits some behaviours that are not forbidden, to prevent allowing it to lead to other actually prohibited actions |
| Rule Utilitarianism | Look at consequences of having everyone follow a particular rule and calculate overall value |
| Stem Cell Research | Using basic cells that have the potential to develop into a range of different cells |
| Somatic Cells | Correction of genetic defects in any cell |
| Utilitarianism/ Telelogical/ Consequentialist | best outcome when all outcomes are taken into consideration to achieve the best final product (decision) |
| Therapeutic Cloning | Cloning of a person to the 5 day embryo stage for use in stem cell treatments |
| Transcendent | Greater godly forces |
| Transfusion | Transferring liquid from one body to another |
| Transplants | Transferring an organ from one body to another |
| Utilitarainism | promotes the greatest good for the greatest number. The moral worth of an action is determined by its overall contribution to happiness of society as a whole |
| Virtue/ Character | Involves personal virtue; achieving good actions based on the character of the person involved |
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