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level: ETHICS

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level questions: ETHICS

Question	Answer
the thoughts, judgments, and actions on issues that have the greater implications of moral “right” and “wrong”	ETHICS
directed toward an ideal form of human character or action, which should culminate in the highest good for humanity	Morally Right Attitude
those that enjoin virtues of honesty, compassion, and loyalty; supported by consistent and well-founded reasons	Ethical Standards
refers to well-based standards of right and wrong that prescribe what humans ought to do, usually in terms of rights, obligations, benefits to society, fairness, or specific virtues	Ethics
example, refers to those standards that impose the reasonable obligations to refrain from rape, stealing, murder, assault, slander, and fraud	Ethics
refers to the study and development of one’s ethical standards - reasonable and well founded	Ethics
Deals with the principles of professional conduct of the dentists towards his patients, community, and colleagues as well as the study and development of ethical standards of dentist	DENTAL ETHICS
Provides a means for which a standard for a practice is established	CODE OF ETHICS
It is essential to a profession	CODE OF ETHICS
Formal guidelines for professional action	CODE OF ETHICS
ethics concerning life	Bioethics
subject that raise concern on right and wrong in matters involving human life i.e., Euthanasia, abortion	Bioethical Issues
a situation involving rules or principles that appears to have no satisfactory solution or a choice between 2 or more equally undesirable alternatives	Ethical Dilemma
a process of considering and selecting approaches to resolve ethical issues	Moral Reasoning
beliefs which are considered very important and frequently influence an individual’s behavior	Values
a situation which exists when the individual is unsure which moral principle or values apply in a given situation	Moral Uncertainty
fundamental values or assumptions about the way individuals should be treated and cared for	Moral or Ethical Principles
Moral or Ethical Principles: a patient’s right to self-determination without outside control; no coercion; freedom	Autonomy
Moral or Ethical Principles:duty to actively do good for patients	Beneficence
Moral or Ethical Principles:duty to prevent or avoid doing harm whether intentional or unintentional	Non-Maleficence
Moral or Ethical Principles:the duty to treat all patients fairly, without regard to age, socioeconomic status, or other variables	Justice
Moral or Ethical Principles:the duty to be faithful to commitment	Fidelity
Moral or Ethical Principles:the duty to tell the truth	Veracity
THREE KINDS OF VALUE SYSTEM: identify the various courses of action, ask who will be affected and what benefits or harm will be derived from each action, choose the course of action that will produce the greatest benefits and the least harm	Utilitarianism
THREE KINDS OF VALUE SYSTEM: The ethical action is one that provides “the greatest good for the greatest number”	Utilitarianism
THREE KINDS OF VALUE SYSTEM: people have a dignity based on their ability to freely choose what they will do with their lives, and they have a fundamental right to have these choices respected	Autonomy
THREE KINDS OF VALUE SYSTEM: concepts of justice and fairness; “equals should be treated equally and unequals unequally” (Aristotle)	Justice
AUTONOMY: people have a right to be told the truth and to be informed about matters that affect their choices in significant ways	The right to the truth
AUTONOMY: people have the right to do, believe and say whatever they choose in their personal lives, so long as they do not violate the rights of others (rel. to Human Relation)	The right of privacy
AUTONOMY: individuals have a right not to be unwillingly harmed or injured, unless they freely and knowingly did something deserving of punishment or they freely and knowingly chose to risk such injuries	The right not to be injured
AUTONOMY: people have a right to what they have been promised by those who freely chose to enter a contract or agreement with them	The right to what is agreed
giving benefits to some people without a justifiable reason for singling them out	Favoritism
imposing burdens on people who are no different from those on whom burdens are not imposed; both favoritism and discrimination are unjust and wrong	Discrimination