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Social Contract Ethics 4 Rousseau - the presumption of authority of Kings Human rights imply duties to society - taxes Rights imply duties - how do animals come into it Requires JUSTICE for society
Justice Ethics 3 JOHN RAWLS Those who draw up the rules should not be aware of their own rank Scandinavian countries come closest in this
Combined Ethical Thinking 7 Governs medical services Deontological - respect all humans as autonomous Consequentialist - careful consideration of likely outcomes Virtue - examine underlying motives Social Contract - duties of individual to society Justice - fairness for all members of society
Ethical Matrix 4 Well-being - BENEFICENCE doing the patient good and NON-MALEFICENCE doing the patient no harm BOTH CONSEQUENTIALIST AUTONOMY - respect for patients aas individuals DEONTOGICAL JUSTICE fairness to patients
Consequentialist 2 Judge actions to their likely consequences The greatest good for the greatest number
J.S. Mills 2 Moral choice was to do what would benefit the greatest number of people. Not sure of outcome at the point of choice.
Consequentialism and the NHS 4 If swapped to insurance - only for those that could afford it, decrease tax. Restricts availability of very £ new drugs Obese have to lose weight to gain a hip replacement benefit to majority is huge and the harm to the minority is tiny
Virtue Ethics 2 Ideas of motivation Judges actions according to their intention and practice of virtue Who would benefit
Natural Law and Catholicism 6 Theological Everything has a part in a divine plan Human virtue of human life Roman Catholic response to contraception - purpose of sex is reproduction Homosexual acts are also immoral Voided if there are other purposes to sexual acts
Natural Laws 3 Rules of biological existence Feed and survive and reproduce Amoral
Rights Theories 3 Human rights inborn - could be extended to animals Same rights if suffering from dementia/coma/vegetative AUTONOMY - the right to choose
The Dead-ends of Bioethics Rational Egoism 3 Right course of action favours ME Selfish motivation Hedonism - for my pleasure
The Dead-ends of Bioethics Moral Relativism 3 Morality depends on culture All a matter of opinion so no rights or wrongs Lincoln and slavery
Immanuel Kant 6 18th century philosopher. Deontological. Categorical imperative - overwhelming sense of duty. Act a way which you would wish to see applied universally. Treat people as ends in themselves and not solely as a means to an end - no exploitation. Against including animals.
David Sharp 4 Carried on to Everest without his group. Collapsed on descent. Endanger lives of team who attempted to bring him down. Commercial influence - pay lots to reach top.
The two dimensions of ethical choices Less personal + more society = conformist More personal + less society = individualist or rebel Little personal + little society = rebel
Deontological Ethics 2 Judges actions according to set moral principles/sense of duty. May be religious.

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