Deck 1: Practical Theory

Question 1

The form of ethics that is concerned about healthcare administrators apply ethics during their careers is _____ethics.

A) meta ethics
B) professional
C) normative
D) egoistic

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Taking time to evaluate options to decide the best ethics decision is part of Aristotle's _____.

A) free will
B) practical wisdom
C) good will
D) rationality

Answer 2

B

Question 3

______ is a Kant's test to determine if you have a moral duty.

A) practical wisdom
B) relative value
C) rule utility
D) categorical imperative

Answer 3

D

Question 4

According to Kant, the only good that exists without clarification is _____.

A) absolute good
B) social good
C) good will
D) eudaimonia

Question 5

You base your decisions on their consequences and not on duty. Which theorist agrees with your action?

A) St. Thomas Aquinas
B) John Rawls
C) John Stuart Mill
D) Aristotle

Question 6

Which theorist stresses that people should have the same rights as others in a just society?

A) Mill
B) Rawls
C) Aristotle
D) Aquinas

Question 7

According to Buber, the highest level of moral development that a person can achieve is the _____ level.

A) I-THOU
B) I-I
C) I-IT
D) I-You

Question 8

Aristotle provided a theory of ethics based on virtue. Virtue requires ___ and not just thought.

A) action
B) practice
C) habit
D) All of the above

Question 9

If your employees decide to practice ethics only if you give them a raise, they are demonstrating the _____ level of moral development.

A) conventional
B) premoral
C) rights
D) principled

Question 10

In the Ethics of Caring theory, decision making includes _____.

A) practical wisdom
B) feminist thinking
C) relationships
D) moral commitments

Question 11

Ethics is more than obeying the ______.

Question 12

Summers (2014) defines ethics as knowing ______.

Question 13

Organizations use normative ethics to define their standards for ______.

Question 14

An administrator makes discussions for personal benefit; he/she is practicing ______.

Question 15

St. Thomas Aquinas' theory brought together faith and ______.

Question 16

Aquinas' definition of good included acts that ______ human life.

Question 17

In Kant's theory, talent, beauty, and money all have worth have ______.

Question 18

For Kant, all human beings have ______ worth.

Question 19

Kant's test for determining moral duty is called the ______.

Question 20

According to Mill, one should base his/her ethical choices on consequences. This assumption is part of his theory of _____.

Question 21

An ER physician treats a person who is having a heart before he treats someone with a sprained ankle. This decision is based on Mill's ______

Question 22

An administrator creates a policy that employees must be on time so that they can serve patients. He/she disciplines those who are chronically late. This is decision is based on Mill's ______

Question 23

Rawls' Theory includes the idea that people should have the same basic rights. This is called ______ or justice as fairness.

Question 24

According to Rawls, why is it ethical to provide care for children or people in poverty?

Question 25

An administrator researches options before creating a policy so that it is effective and ethical. Aristotle would call this process _______.

Question 26

An administrator chooses to dedicate her life to serving the needs of patients. Aristotle would say that she is demonstrating ______.

Question 27

An administrator refers to her staff members as "my worker bees". This action is an example of Buber's ______ relationship.

Question 28

The highest moral relationship in Buber's theory deals with choosing to make people beloved and is often expected by patients. It is the ______ relationship.

Question 29

Kohlberg's theory dealt with developing moral judgment and used stages to describe this development. Why should level V be an appropriate development level for a health administrator?

Question 30

In the Ethics of Care model, Gilligan found that the pattern of moral development was different for ______.

Question 31

In the Ethics of Care model's conventional level, ______ becomes important.