Across
- 2. intended to serve as central guides and references to support daily decision making
- 3. based on the assumption that actions should lead to maximizing the overall good, "ends justify the means," also known as situational ethics
- 4. actions are considered morally right when they are in accord with our nature, promote good, and avoid evil
- 6. the decision maker develops the rules that will have the greatest net benefit
- 7. seeks to determine which action will bring about the greatest happiness or the least suffering
- 9. based on moral values of the person making the ethical decision
- 10. uses the theoretical knowledge and assumptions gained as a result of ethical theorizing, as well as the skills and tools of moral philosophy or analysis to solve problems
- 12. moves decisions into the context of the environment in which decisions are made and create a more practical, action-oriented ethics
- 13. the discipline of using reason and analysis to examine questions that are not answerable by empirical science
- 16. the established social rules for conduct
- 20. seeks the greatest happiness for all and appeals to public agreement as a basis for objective judgment about the nature of happiness
- 22. reduces risk of liability through institutional policies and practices.
- 24. use of disciplinary knowledge, skills, experience, and personal characteristics to conceptualize what is needed for an individual or society
- 25. the study of the relationships between biology, medicine, technology, and scientific advancements as related to ethical issues.
- 26. the pursuit of one's own rational self-interest, and one's own happiness is the highest moral purpose of one's life
- 27. the study of the nature and justification of general principles that can apply to special arrears where there are moral problems
Down
- 1. moral theories evaluate the morality of actions in terms of progress toward a goal or end; a version of utilitarianism
- 5. each act considered based on net benefit (act consequentialism)
- 8. incorporates various existing ethical principles and attempts to resolve conflicts by applying one or more ethical principles rather than ethical theories
- 11. duty based ethics; consequences of decisions less important than following the rules
- 14. a scientific ethical inquiry that describes what people think about morality or how people actually behave
- 15. the philosophical inquiry in ethics
- 17. specific beliefs, behaviors, and ways of being, providing boundaries for acceptable behavior
- 18. beliefs that one considers meaningful and ideals that are good, worthwhile, and highly regarded.
- 19. the study of what is right and wrong and examines ethical theories such as autonomy, beneficence, justice, and nonmaleficence and their application to rehab or other diciplines
- 21. based on the belief that certain standards for ethical decisions transcend the individual's moral values
- 23. the study of ethical concepts concerned with understanding the language of morality through an analysis of the meaning of ethically related concepts and theories