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Nursing ethics is a branch of applied ethics that concerns itself with activities in the field of nursing. Nursing ethics shares many principles with medical ethics, such as beneficence, non-maleficence, and respect for autonomy. It can be distinguished by its emphasis on relationships, human dignity and collaborative care.
Moral emotions include disgust, shame, pride, anger, guilt, compassion, and gratitude, [5] and help to provide people with the power and energy to do good and avoid doing bad. [4] Moral emotions are linked to a person's conscience - these are the emotions that make up a conscience and promote learning the difference between right and wrong ...
Disgust is argued to be a specific response to certain things or behaviors that are dangerous or undesirable from an evolutionary perspective. One example is things that increase the risk of an infectious disease such as spoiled foods, dead bodies, other forms of microbiological decomposition , a physical appearance suggesting sickness or poor ...
Socio-moral disgust is different from core disgust. In the 2006 study done by Simpson and colleagues, there was a divergence found in disgust responses between the core elicitors of disgust and the socio-moral elicitors of disgust, suggesting that the makeup of core and socio-moral disgust may be different emotional constructs. [66]
The Nature and Moral Significance of Disgust is a 2011 book by Daniel Ryan Kelly in which the author provides a philosophical examination of disgust. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Joan Tronto argues that the definition of "ethic of care" is ambiguous due in part to it not playing a central role in moral theory. [25] She argues that considering moral philosophy is engaged with human goodness, then care would appear to assume a significant role in this type of philosophy. [25]
In the healthcare literature, moral injury is the accumulation of negative effects by continued exposure to morally distressing situations. [31] In 2000 the concept of moral distress being generated by systemic issues was called "the ethical canary" [32] to draw attention to the sensation of moral distress signaling a need for systemic change.
Moral particularism is a theory in normative ethics that runs counter to the idea that moral actions can be determined by applying universal moral principles. It states that there is no set of moral principles that can be applied to every situation, making it an idea appealing to the causal nature of morally challenging situations.