A nurse on a palliative care unit has attended an educational inservice on ethics. Which of the following statements most accurately describes the concept of ethics?
A) Ethics offers a process that can be used to guide behavior.
B) Ethics is the expression of social and culture values, priorities, and norms.
C) Ethics is the basis for evaluating personal character.
D) Ethics is the tangible application of religious and spiritual truths.
Ans: A
Ethics offers a formal process for answering the question about what one ought to
do in a given situation. Ethics is not considered to be simply an expression of cultural or
religious principles and it does not specify criteria for evaluating an individual's character.
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