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In public policy, the demands of justice may outweigh the demands of respect for autonomy.
TRUE
One of the major differences between autonomy, competence, and informed consent is that informed consent is not based on intention, understanding, and freedom.
FALSE
Informed consent is rarely used as a legal term.
FALSE
Professionals are never morally blameworthy if they do not attempt to persuade resistant individuals to that which is considered essential.
FALSE
Competence judgments serve what practical function in society?
Gatekeeping, i.e., a determination of either competence or incompetence using a threshold level.
The following are two plausible hypotheses. 1. an autonomous person is necessarily a competent person for making decisions, and 2. judgments of whether a person is competent to make a decision should be based on whether the person is autonomous.
TRUE
Approach in which the agent of influence intentionally uses a credible and severe threat of harm or force to control another.
Coercion
Respect for autonomy has only prima facie standing and can therefore be overridden by competing moral considerations.
TRUE
Approach in which the agent of influence uses a deliberate act of managing information that alters the person’s understanding of a situation and thereby motivates him or her to do what the agent of influence intends.
Manipulation
The level of evidence for determining competence should vary in accordance with risk, although competence itself varies only along a scale of difficulty in decision-making.
TRUE
An offer of something irresistible is coercive, as it manipulatively takes advantage of a person’s vulnerabilities.
FALSE
Approach in which a person is convinced to believe in something through the merit of reasons advanced by another person.
Persuasion
Competency varies in direct proportion to that of risk.
FALSE
There are two legal distinctions of informed consent:
1. personal authorization, and
2. institutional authorization.
TRUE
Which of the following is the single core meaning of the word competence?
The ability to perform a task.