Ethics Lecture AS
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21 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 values | a belief about the worth of something , guide behavior |
| value system | values organized into a personal code of conduct |
| value development | over the course of a lifetime via value transmission |
| altruism | concern about the well-being of others |
| autonomy | right to make own decisions |
| human dignity | inherent worth of patients |
| integrity | acting honestly and ethically |
| social justice | ensuring equal treatment for all |
| beliefs | conclusions people accept as true |
| attitudes | feelings/positions taken re: people ideas or objects based on beliefs and values |
| values clarification | important to understand ourselves so we can understand others |
| potential sources of conduct | religion, culture, personal values, moral compass |
| ethics | a systematic inquiry into the principles of right and wrong, good and evil |
| morals | our personal or communal std of right and wrong |
| bioethics | ethics of the life sciences |
| clinical ethics | ethics at the bedside |
| nursing ethics | formal study of ethical issues at arise within the practice of nursing |
| which code of ethics do we use | American Nurses Assoc. Code of Ethics for Nurses and international council of nurses code of ethics |
| utilitarian theory of ethics | rightness or wrongness depends on the consequence of an action |
| deontologic | action is right or wrong independent of its consequences |
| autonomy | ... |
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