SCN 195 Exam 2 Questions and Answers
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Ethics - The study of MORALITY (whats right or wrong).
The science of how choices are made.
Epistemology - The study of KNOWLEDGE.
Origin, nature, methods and limits of human knowledge.
Metaphysics - The study of the NATURE of reality.
Beliefs...
u The end does not justify the means (existentialism)
u Claims that certain actions "are inherently right or wrong without regard to
their consequences"
Teleology - ✔✔Looking at the consequences
u The end does justify the means (pragmatism, utilitarianism)
u Evaluate the moral status of an act by the goodness or the consequences
Autonomy - ✔✔(Individual freedom.)
People have the freedom to choose their own way of being ethical within a
framework of the other principles.
Nonmaleficence - ✔✔To do NO HARM
Justice - ✔✔FAIRNESS.
Distribution of goodness (benefits) and badness (burdens)
Procedural Justice - ✔✔fair procedures followed
Distributive Justice - ✔✔allocation of resources
Moral Sensitivity - ✔✔Awareness that an ethical problem exists and having
an understanding of what impact different courses of action may have on
the people involved and the context in which an ethical decision is made.
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