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Four Key Questions

Gain insight into the ethical dimensions of complex situations by asking four key questions: identifying ethical issues, considering relevant facts, examining potential impacts, and exploring ethical considerations. Enhance your moral sensitivity and decision-making skills.

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Four Key Questions

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  1. Four Key Questions Thinking like a Bioethicists

  2. Q1: What is the ethical question? • The ability to see the ethical dimensions of a given situation • “Moral imagination” or “Moral sensitivity” • The ability to distinguish an ethical question • Legal? • Scientific? • Personal-preference?

  3. Q2: What are relevant facts? • Sci. facts are important • Ex: Manditory Vaccinations • Stats about efficacy • Side-effects • Harms • Social Facts are also important • Social and/or Religious considerations • Culture concerns

  4. Q3: Who or what could be affected by the way the question gets resolved? • Must think about those that will be affected • Physically • Emotionally • Economically • Walk a mile in their shoes…….

  5. Q4: What are relevant ethical considerations? • Core: • Respect for persons • If one person’s organs can save 10+ lives, ethical violation to take that life • LISTENING • Minimizing harms while maximizing benefits • Important consideration • “First, do no harm”- NONMALEFICENCE • Fairness • Social justice

  6. Elements of a strong justification: • High degree of relevance to the ethical question • Reference to the most important science and social science facts • Description of the potential effects of decision • Identifying and applying the relevant core ethical considerations • Analysis of the ways the recommended course of action satisfies those considerations • Strengths and weaknesses of other solutions • Logical reasoning

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