Why Is It Important, According to Beauchamp and Childress, to Focus

question 10

Multiple Choice

Why is it important, according to Beauchamp and Childress, to focus on the place of moral excellence in bioethical thought?

• A) Focusing only on the moral minimum dilutes the moral life and our expectations for ourselves and each other.
• B) Health care professionals are expected to be morally excellent individuals.
• C) It is proper to be skeptical about the importance of moral ideals in the moral life and in ethical thinking.
• D) All of the above

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