Essay Questions from Foundations of Bioethics
What is bioethics?
What is the difference between teleological and deontological normative ethical
theories. Our text provided an overview of five normative ethical theories and three other alternative ethical theories. The normative theories were: act and rule utilitarianism, Kantian deontology, W.D. Ross’ deontology, Rawls’ theory of justice, and Major Moral Principles. The alternative theories were: virtue ethics, care, and feminist ethics. For each of these theories, provide the following analysis:
What are the major tenets of each theory? On what basis do they distinguish good (right) from bad (wrong) actions, behavior?
What are the major advantages and disadvantages to each theory?
How does each theory relate to bioethical issues? Be able to apply solutions to
case studies through the theories.
Be able to define the nature and scope of autonomy and paternalism and explain how they relate to common issues in bioethics.
Essay Questions from Foundations of Bioethics What is bioethics? What is the dif
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