Healthcare Ethics

Quiz Questions

• 1.
  The most well known form of Consequentialist ethics is:

  • A.
    Deontological Ethics
  • B.
    Virtue Ethics
  • C.
    Utilitarian Ethics
  • D.
    Stoic Ethics
• 2.
  What of the following is not a principle of Utilitarian ethics?

  • A.
    Happiness is the only thing desirable as an end
  • B.
    What we desire is the greatest amount of happiness overall 
  • C.
    What we desire is the greatest amount of happiness for the person making the decision
  • D.
    The morally right action is the one which generates the most happiness
• 3.
  John Harris' survival lottery experiment highlights which objection to utilitarian ethics:

  • A.
    It would allow the sacrificing of innocent individuals
  • B.
    It shows that we do not desire happiness alone 
  • C.
    It introduces the integrity objection of utilitarianism
• 4.
  In healthcare utilitarian ethics is used in which of the following

  • A.
    Quality of Life Adjusted Years (QALYS)
  • B.
    To define professional duties
  • C.
    To explain which characteristics we as health professionals should have 
  • D.
    All of the above
• 5.
  Non-consequentialist ethics claims that:

  • A.
    What is morally right or wrong depends on the outcome of an action
  • B.
    That what is right or wrong is not based on the outcomes of our actions but instead is based on universal moral duties
  • C.
    The character of the individual is what is important when assessing morality
• 6.
  What is often a criticism of non-consequentialist (deontological) ethics

  • A.
    It does not offer a way of prioritising duties when they conflict
  • B.
    It is not a universal and objective approach to ethics in general
  • C.
    It is not action guiding
• 7.
  Virtue ethics bases what is morally right on:

  • A.
    The outcome of an action
  • B.
    Universal duties
  • C.
    The character of the moral agent
  • D.
    Trying to produce the most welfare of happiness
• 8.
  Which of the following is not one of the four principles of biomedical ethics?

  • A.
    Justice 
  • B.
    Beneficence
  • C.
    Non-maleficence
  • D.
    Fidelity
  • E.
    Autonomy
• 9.
  In healthcare autonomy is contrasted to which of the following

  • A.
    Paternalism
  • B.
    Determinism
  • C.
    Stoicism
  • D.
    Existentialism
• 10.
  Which principle do we derive the professional duty of "First, do no harm" from:

  • A.
    Justice 
  • B.
    Autonomy
  • C.
    Maleficence
  • D.
    Non-maleficence

Quiz Outcomes

• 1.
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