Health Care Ethics

(Bioethics)

Module #3 Student Activity Sheet

Name: Borlasa, Justin Kean Hakeem L. Class number:

Section: BSN2 – B14 Schedule: M/TH Date:

Lesson Title: Human Value Development and the System of Materials:

Public Law Part 2
Pen, paper, index card, book, and class List
Learning Targets:
At the end of the module, students will be able to:
1. Understand world view, moral nihilism, ethical relativism and References:
hedonistic value system;
2. Explain why standpoint theory is important consideration Ethics of Health Care: A Guide for Clinical
in making value decision; Practice Fourth Edition, Raymond S. Edge, J.
3. Differentiate the private and public law Randall Groves

A. LESSON PREVIEW/REVIEW

Brain Teaser: Identify what generational cohorts is being describe.

1. Born 1946-1960s Baby Boomers

2. Masters at multitasking Generation Z
3. Collaboration, social activism, tolerance for diversity, globally aware Millennials
4. Born in late 1990s-2025 Generation Z
5. Programmed in an era of social change Generation X

B. MAIN LESSON
World View and Public Law

World view-system of thoughts, feelings, opinions, and beliefs with which we screen events occurring around us Moral
nihilism
• There are no moral truths, moral rules, moral knowledge or responsibilities
• Heinous acts would not necessarily be wrong

Ethical relativism
• All morality is relative to society in which one is brought up
• is the theory hold morality is relative to the norms of one’s culture? Whether action is right or wrong depends on
moral norms of the society

Acts considered ethically wrong regardless of cultural orientation:

✓ Rape-forcing someone on sexual activity
✓ Slavery- exhausting a person in labor
✓ Genocide- Deliberate killing of a large group of people those of a particular ethnic group
✓ Torture- inflicting severe pain on someone as punishment
✓ Sexism- is a prejudice or discrimination based on a person’s sex or gender but it primarily affects women and girls. It
is linked to gender roles and may include the belief that in sex or gender is intrinsically superior to another.

Hedonistic value systems

Is and ought the same; individual devoid of other-regarding impulses. For such an individual, the major guideposts for
decisions are desire and aversion and nothing can be right or wrong apart from them. Value associated with this world
view would include:

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• Power
• Self-preservation
• Self-aggrandizement
• Maneuverability
• Pleasure
• Security

Standpoint Theory
– Try to adopt or listen to standpoint of most marginalized and vulnerable persons involved
– One of the useful concepts that helps avoid the problems of self interest in deciding ethical issues.

The System of Public Law

Private Law

– Deals with relationships between citizen and citizen, or with definition, regulation, and enforcement of rights in
cases where both parties involved are private citizens

Public Law

– Deals with relationships between private parties and the government; concerned with the state in its political or
sovereign capacity:
✓ Constitutional
✓ Administrative
✓ Criminal

Public Law consists in the following forms:

✓ Constitution supreme law of the land; highest level of American law
✓ If any conflicts exist between federal and state laws, federal laws must govern
✓ Constitutional Law: national and state law that deals with organization, invested powers, and framework of
government

Statutory Law: Created by legislative bodies

– Health care providers practice and licensure acts

– Informed consent
– Peer review
– Good Samaritan Act
– Living will statute
– Competency determination
– Emergency medical services

Administrative Laws: rules, regulations, orders, and decisions created by administrative agencies to implement their
powers and duties
– Rulemaking, adjudication, or enforcement of specific regulatory agenda

Criminal Law: prohibits conduct injurious to public order and provides for punishment of those found to have engaged in
prohibited practices
– Felony: serious breach of law; punishable by death or imprisonment in state or federal penitentiary
– Misdemeanor: crime punishable by less than a year incarceration in jail or house of correction

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International Law
– Regulates relations of nations to each other
– Customs and usages, treatise, and decisions of tribunals such as International Court of Justice and International
Court of Human Rights

CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING

You will answer and rationalize this by yourself. This will be recorded as your quiz. One (1) point will be given to correct
answer and another one (1) point for the correct ratio. Superimpositions or erasures in you answer/ratio is not allowed.

1. Those in society who believe that there are no moral truths, no moral rules, no moral knowledge and responsibilities
subscribe to a philosophy of moral.
A. Felony
B. Misdemeanor
C. Nihilism
D. Immunity
Answer: C.
Rationale: Nihilism is a belief that there are no moral truths, no moral rules, no moral knowledge and responsibilities subscribe to a
philosophy of moral.

2. The law that deals with the relationships between citizen to citizen is called?
A. Public Law
B. Private Law
C. Administrative Law
D. International Law
Answer: B.
Rationale: The private law deals with the relationships between citizen to citizen, or with definition, regulation, and enforcement of
rights in cases where both parties involved are private citizens.

3. Which of the following is NOT included in Unethical Acts according to most culture?
A. Procrastinating
B. Rape
C. Sexism
D. Genocide
Answer: A.
Rationale: Included in the unethical acts according to most culture are rape, slavery, torture, sexism, and genocide. Procrastinating is
not included in the unethical acts.

4. This theory holds that one should always try to adopt or listen to the standpoint of the marginalized and vulnerable
person involved.
A. Generational theory
B. Moral reasoning theory
C. Standpoint theory
D. Kohlberg’s theory
Answer: C.
Rationale: The Standpoint theory holds that one should always try to adopt or listen to the standpoint of the marginalized and
vulnerable person involved.

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5. Crimes are divided by their seriousness and levels of punishment. A crime punishable by less than a year of
incarceration in a jail or house of correction is known as?
A. Felony
B. Misdemeanor
C. Kidnapping
D. Rape
Answer: B.
Rationale: Misdemeanor is a crime punishable by less than a year of incarceration in a jail or house of correction.

6. These deals with relationships between private parties and the government; concerned with the state in its political or
sovereign capacity?
A. Private Law
B. Public Law
C. Tort
D. Contract Law
Answer: B.
Rationale: The public law deals with the relationships between private parties and the government; concerned with the state in its
political or sovereign capacity.

7. This term is unequal and harmful treatment based on gender?

A. Rape
B. Slavery
C. Sexism
D. Genocide
Answer: C.
Rationale: Sexism is a prejudice or biased judgement based on a person’s sex or gender. It is unequal and harmful treatment to one’s
gender but it primarily affects the woman’s feelings, thinking, and actions.

8. Human bondage is also known as?

A. Genocide
B. Slavery
C. Sexism
D. Torture
Answer: B.
Rationale: Human bondage is also known as slavery.

9. This theory believes that all morality is relative to society in which one is brought up?
A. Standpoint Theory
B. Ethical Relativism
C. Virtue ethics theory
D. Moral reasoning
Answer: B.
Rationale: Ethical Relativism believes that all morality is relative to society in which one is brought up.

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10. A system of thoughts, feelings, opinions, and beliefs with which we screen events occurring around us?
A. World view
B. Ethics
C. Values
D. Morals
Answer: A.
Rationale: World view is a system of thoughts, feelings, opinions, and beliefs with which we screen events occurring around us.

C. LESSON WRAP-UP

AL Activity: Muddiest Point

In today’s session, what was least clear to you?

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