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ETHICS MIDTERMS
BENEFICENCE
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Nursing
Undergraduate 1
02/03/2020

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Beneficence
Definition
Action done for the good of others
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Non-maleficence
Definition
Prevention of harm and the removal of harmful conditions
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Benevolence
Definition
Goodness in each personhood
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Prevenance
Definition
Attentiveness dictated by kindness to anticipate what one needs
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Benevolence
Definition
Refers to the character trait or virtue of being inclines to do good and act for the benefit of others
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Utilitarian Theory
Definition
Based on acts of goodness and kind deeds
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Utilitarian Theory
Definition
Often being defined as the MORAL and POLITICAL rightness of action and is determined by its contribution to the greatest good of the greatest number
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Beneficence
Definition
Purely a virtuous ideal or an act of charity
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NOT MORALLY DEFICIENT
Definition
PERSONS are ___ _________ _________ if they fail to act beneficently
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Positive Beneficence
Definition
Ideal rather than an obligation
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Ideal beneficence
Definition
Is the act serves to exceed ordinary morality
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Beneficence
Definition
An admirable ideal of action that exceeds obligations and at other times is appropriately linked to other moral obligations
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Common morality
Definition
Does not contain a principle of beneficence that requires severe sacrifice and extreme altruism
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Ideal beneficence
Definition
Only _____ ____________ incorporate such extreme generosity
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