What Is Beauchamp and Childress's Understanding of the Place of Veracity

question 18

Multiple Choice

What is Beauchamp and Childress's understanding of the place of veracity as a moral obligation?

• A) Beauchamp and Childress understand obligations of veracity to be specifications of more than one of the four basic principles (respect for autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence, justice).
• B) Beauchamp and Childress claim that it isn't clear whether veracity is an absolute and independent obligation or a special application of another principle.
• C) Beauchamp and Childress think that veracity is an independent principle and virtue, on the same level as respect for autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice.
• D) Beauchamp and Childress think that veracity is a specification of the principle of respect for persons' autonomy.

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Definitions:

Taking Minutes

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