Bioethics Lesson 2

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Bioethics Lesson 2
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Revisit the Pandemic Flu

• What causes influenza?
• What were the symptoms of influenza?
• How was influenza treated?
• How was influenza prevented?
• When did this outbreak of influenza occur?
• Who died from influenza?

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Who to vaccinate?

• Look at the list of people who need the vaccine
• Check your list and see if it is still the same

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Common approaches to how

• Save the youngest
• Draw Straws
• Save the weakest
• Save the most useful
• Respect relationships
• Which approach did you use?

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Making decisions

• Reasoned Judgment and Logical Thought
• Not right or wrong
• All solutions have trade-offs

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Subjective vs Objective

• A continuum
• Subjective relate to the speaker, emotional,
  cultural bias
• Objective require facts and evidence for answer
• Give examples of subjective questions
• Give examples of objective questions

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Where does it fall?

• In your notebook
• Place the word Ethics on the continuum
• Place the word Science on the continuum
• Class discussion Write Ethics and Science on
  separate sticky notes
• Place the sticky notes on the class continuum
  based on where you placed them in your notes

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Identifying Principles of Bioethics

• Perform skits and identify what code or rule is
  being honored ( or not)

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Principles of Bioethics

• Respect for Persons
• Maximizing Benefits and Minimizing Harm
• Justice

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Revisiting Pandemic flu

• 3 groups ( one for each principle)
• Choose one or two to save based on that principle
• Match Common Approaches to Principles