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BIOETHICS

Unit 4 Test 10/15

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object good toward which will deliberately directs itself (thing you do)
intention what you meant to do
circumstance everything else that happened
what makes a good action (object, intention, and circumstance) if object is good than intention must also be good
person an individual substance of a rational nature a rational animal all humans are persons
life a living things that takes in nutrition and has that capacity for growth, reproduction, and change
4 capacities of a living thing takes in nutrition and has the capacity for growth, reproduction, and change
health state of being sound in mind and body healthcare restores body and mind
death when humans cease to have the ability to take in nutrition, grow, reproduce, and change
natural evil causes harm to man
spiritual evil deviation from ethical morals
example of the ends dont justify the means if I killed someone and took their organs to give to someone who needed them
lesser of two evils selecting the better of the two options. if one option is good always select the good if both options are good then select the more good if both options are bad then pick the lesser evil
integrity the 'substantial form' of the human body that makes a human being an integral form
principle of integrity one may not remove parts of the body except in the defense of the life of the body
principle of double effect one can do a good action and get a good end even if there is a bad end associated with it but the good end has to be proportionally greater than the bad end
principle agent one who actually does the act
cooperator the one who assists the evil doer in some way
formal intends the immoral act to occur equally guilty of the immoral act
material does not intend the immoral act to occur may be guilty of the immoral act
immediate providing the material that is necessary for the immoral act to occur guilty of the immoral act
mediate providing the material not necessary for the immoral act to occur may be guilty of the immoral act
proximate makes a contribution to the act that leads to the commission of the act guilty of the immoral act
remote makes a contribution to the act that does not lead to the commission of the act not guilty when there is a proportionally serious reason to do sp
what are bioethicists study what is appropriate in medicine and medical care
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