Pharmacy Ethics

Question 1

What is deontology?

Answer 1

Actions performed out of duty/ moral obligation

Question 2

What is the theory of virtue?

Answer 2

Places value on the moral character of the actor

Rather than the acts/ outcome of the acts

Question 3

Define the concept of justice.

Answer 3

Fairness + equal treatment of cases

Same respect to patients in different circumstances

Question 4

What is utilitarianism?

Answer 4

Measuring pleasure and pain

Measuring consequences