Answer the following questions in essays of 1-2 paragraphs.
- Define Ethics. Explain the role of ethics in determining “Who ought we to become as persons (BEING)” and “How ought we to act in relation to others (people, God, and creation)(DOING)”.
- Explain the reasons for increased interest in Health Care Ethics as a field of study in the late 20th and early 21st Century. What changes have occurred in our society to cause this field to emerge?
- Explain the difference between the Macro, Middle, and Micro levels of decision-making in Health Care Ethics. Use an example scenario in your response to illustrate this difference.
- Explain the concept of “Normative Basis”. What reasons do we have for believing that a Normative Basis exists in ethics? What are some of the arguments for a Normative Basis and against Moral Relativism?
- Differentiate between Virtue Ethics, Deontological and Consequentialist Ethics. Apply these methods of making moral decisions to at least one of the case studies in Chapter One. Below are choices of case 1A, 1B, 1C.
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