A group of nursing students in a class on nursing ethics begin to share their personal beliefs about truth and ideals. These personal beliefs are examples of the student's:
a. relativism. c. morals.
b. teleology. d. values.
D
Values are personal beliefs concerning the truth of ideals, standards, principles, objects, and behaviors
that give meaning and direction to one's life. Teleology maintains that people must take the course of
action that leads to good outcomes, and relativism concerns the belief system that there is no set of
universal ethical standards. Morals, or morality, relates to behaviors according to certain customs or
traditions and usually reflects one's personal or religious beliefs.
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