Kant's Categorical Imperative Quiz

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What is Kant's categorical imperative?

Act only according to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.

How does Kant suggest rational persons should guide their actions?

By using the test of the categorical imperative.

What is Kant's practical imperative?

Act so that you treat humanity, whether in your person or that of another, always as an end and never means only.

What does it mean to treat humanity as an end according to Kant?

To make his or her ends your own, and to act towards his purposes as you naturally do toward your own. Signup and view all the answers

What is the implication when the categorical and practical imperative are merged?

Each person is a member of a politically organized society. Signup and view all the answers

According to Kant, how should individuals act in a community?

As equal and autonomous beings treating all others as moral beings. Signup and view all the answers

What are the three criteria provided by Aristotle for a virtuous character?

Virtuous acts must be chosen for their own sake, The choice must proceed from a firm and unchangeable character, Virtue is a disposition to choose the mean Signup and view all the answers

How does Aristotle define the golden mean of virtuous behavior?

Practicing moderation: avoiding both excess and deficiency Signup and view all the answers

According to Philippa Ruth Foot, what is the necessary ingredient for success in engaging virtuous acts?

A positive or moral will Signup and view all the answers

How does Foot differentiate virtue from skills or arts?

Virtue cannot merely be practiced and perfected to engage the will; an act is not virtuous if the intention is not good Signup and view all the answers

How do Beauchamp & Childress define character in the context of biomedical ethics?

Being made up of a set of stable traits that affect a person’s judgment and action Signup and view all the answers

According to Beauchamp & Childress, can people learn or cultivate important character traits?

Yes, all can learn or cultivate those that are important to morality Signup and view all the answers

What are some of the healthcare goals mentioned in the text?

Affordability, availability, and quality Signup and view all the answers

What is distributive justice in the context of healthcare?

Distributing the burdens of healthcare costs while seeking affordability, availability, and quality simultaneously. Signup and view all the answers

Give an example of resource allocation issues mentioned in the text.

Physicians deciding how much time to spend with each patient. Signup and view all the answers

What is procedural justice in the context of healthcare management?

Deciding how to allocate pay increases based on merit, seniority, or across the board. Signup and view all the answers

Why is distributing healthcare costs a difficult task, according to the text?

Because it requires balancing affordability, availability, and quality simultaneously. Signup and view all the answers

What is an example of distributive justice and procedural justice occurring together?

Deciding how to allocate pay increases based on merit and ensuring fairness in the process. Signup and view all the answers

What are the four pivotal virtues proposed to characterize a virtuous person?

Compassion, Discernment, Trustworthiness, Integrity Signup and view all the answers

What does the virtue of Compassion embody?

The Golden Rule Signup and view all the answers

How is Trustworthiness defined in the context of virtue ethics?

Trust is a confident belief in the moral character of another person. Signup and view all the answers

What is the virtue of Integrity characterized by?

Soundness, reliability, wholeness, and integration of moral character. Signup and view all the answers

What virtues are implied in the Nightingale pledge in relation to nursing?

Purity, faith, loyalty, devotion, trustworthiness, and temperance Signup and view all the answers

What is Moral Particularism and how does it approach ethical judgment?

A form of moral theory that embraces the uniqueness of cases and ethical judgment in each particular case. Signup and view all the answers

What do moral particularists claim is lacking in most moral theories?

Recognition and sensitivity for particulars such as context, situations, relationships, and individuals. Signup and view all the answers

Which principles are commonly used in healthcare ethics?

Justice, autonomy, nonmaleficence, and beneficence. Signup and view all the answers

According to Hippocratic ethical teaching, what does nonmaleficence entail?

To do no harm. Signup and view all the answers

How do consequentialists define harm in healthcare ethics?

That which prevents the good or leads to less good or utility than other choices. Signup and view all the answers

What does a natural law ethicist consider harm to be?

That which is opposed to our rational natures, that which circumscribes or limits our potential. Signup and view all the answers

Why is the concept of justice presented last among the principles commonly used in healthcare ethics?

Because it is the most complex. Signup and view all the answers