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Four approaches to doing ethics.
- Source :
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The Journal of medicine and philosophy [J Med Philos] 1996 Feb; Vol. 21 (1), pp. 7-39. - Publication Year :
- 1996
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Abstract
- Within the field of medical ethics there is a startling amount of diversity regarding which issues and relationships are deemed relevant for ethical inquiry and analysis, what strategies are appropriate for examining and resolving ethical conflict, what should be the goals for medical ethics, even who should participate in that project. What I will try to make clear in this paper is that how we go about this process of doing medical ethics, of examining, reflecting, decisionmaking, and behaving, makes a practical difference, and not just a philosophical one, in terms of the understandings we will reach about ethical matters. Without attempting to resolve any of the conflicts within or between different conceptions of doing ethics, I will try to articulate the differences in orientation, and particularly the tone and educational emphasis, that attend four major contemporary approaches to ethical inquiry and analysis: deductivism, principlism, modern casuistry, and feminist/relationist ethics.
- Subjects :
- Beneficence
Cultural Diversity
Ethics, Clinical
Female
Human Characteristics
Humans
Male
Morals
Personal Autonomy
Philosophy, Medical
Physician-Patient Relations
Politics
Social Responsibility
Social Values
Virtues
Vulnerable Populations
Women's Rights
Casuistry
Ethical Analysis
Ethical Theory
Ethics, Medical
Managed Care Programs
Principle-Based Ethics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0360-5310
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Journal of medicine and philosophy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 8740882
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jmp/21.1.7