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The application of normative theories and standards to practical moral problems is the concern of applied ethics. This subdiscipline of ethics deals with many major issues of the contemporary scene, including human rights, social equality, and the moral implications of scientific research, for example in the area of genetic engineering.
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Apr 11, 2019 · Normative inquiry is a type of philosophical investigation that aims at establishing, rebutting, or otherwise examining the truth or plausibility of normative propositions and the potential justifications for them, where a normative proposition is a claim that falls under the categories described above, for example a claim that some action or ...
- Eric Vogelstein, Alison Colbert
- 2020
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Jun 4, 2020 · The 4 main ethical principles, that is beneficence, nonmaleficence, autonomy, and justice, are defined and explained. Informed consent, truth-telling, and confidentiality spring from the principle of autonomy, and each of them is discussed. In patient care situations, not infrequently, there are conflicts between ethical principles (especially ...
- Basil Varkey
- 10.1159/000509119
- 2020
- Med Princ Pract. 2021 Feb; 30(1): 17-28.
Jan 5, 2011 · The Normative Heart of Care. With the model of the moral agent as related, care ethicists become analytically equipped to address a wide variety of relationships and the type of harm some may inflict. 3 This capacity does not spring from the moral agent being granted a different, more nuanced, compassionate, or a more developed sense of moral imagination than others.
- Tove Pettersen
- 2011
- Principle #1: Non-Maleficence
- Principle #2: Beneficence
- Principle #3: Respect For Autonomy
- Principle #4: Justice
Often equated with the Latin admonition “Primum non nocere” (First do no harm), the principle of non-maleficence seems at first to be simple and straightforward. It obviously prohibits a person from willfully harming or injuring another “with malice aforethought.” But there are other ways in which a person can do someone harm. For example, I can in...
The second principle, beneficence, tells the physician to do what he can to help and improve the condition of his patients. This makes a somewhat higher demand than the principle of non-maleficence, for improving things requires more than just not making them worse. There is some question whether we all have a duty of beneficence toward all others ...
The principle of respect for autonomy is deeply rooted in Western morality and hence, in bio-medical ethics. Jefferson’s appeal to our God-given rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, coupled with Kant’s emphasis on rational agency as the hallmark of humanity, have produced a powerful and complex moral norm. The term “autonomy” comes...
The principle of justice is the most complex of the four. It is said to apply to societies, laws, institutions, practices and individuals. There is a separate chapter of this volume (Chap. 18 – “Ethics, Justice, and the Province of American Medicine: A Discussion of the Politicalization of the Duty to Care for Pediatric Heart Transplant Patients wh...
- J. Thomas Cook
- tcook@rollins.edu
- 2020
Feb 6, 2015 · Abstract. It is widely acknowledged that public health practice raises ethical issues that require a different approach than traditional biomedical ethics. Several frameworks for public health ethics (PHE) have been proposed; however, none of them provides a practice-oriented combination of the two necessary components: (1) a set of normative ...
Nov 27, 2021 · Chapter one investigates the moral obligations of ethicists. To contribute to clinical ethics’ pursuit for growth and recognition, we must identify the discipline’s ontological origins. In doing so, we uncover the foundational aspects of clinical ethics and investigate why medical practice inherently uses foundational ethical principles.
