Jonathan Is Home from College, Visiting with His Grandmother

question 68

Multiple Choice

Jonathan is home from college, visiting with his grandmother. She is in hospice care and not expected to live much longer. He asks her if there is anyone she would like to see that hasn't come by yet. He knows from studying ways to communicate with a dying person that:

• A) he shouldn't touch her.
• B) this is the wrong thing to say as soon as he said it.
• C) she probably wants to have conversations with people who have been important in her life.
• D) she is in denial and won't take him up on it.

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Definitions:

Intrinsic Worth

This refers to the inherent value that an entity has, independent of its utility or benefit to others.

Means to End

A method or action carried out for the purpose of achieving a specific goal or outcome.

Deontological

Pertaining to an ethical theory that suggests the morality of an action should be based on whether the action itself is right or wrong under a series of rules, rather than based on the consequences of the action.

Utilitarian

Pertaining to the ethical theory that the best action is the one that maximizes utility, generally defined as that which produces the greatest well-being of the greatest number of people.