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  2. Nursing ethics - Wikipedia

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    However, it is argued by some that this approach acts against person-centred values found in nursing ethics. [7] The distinction can be examined from different theoretical angles. Despite the move toward more deontological themes by some, there continues to be an interest in virtue ethics [8] in nursing ethics and some support for an ethic of ...

  3. Deontology - Wikipedia

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    In moral philosophy, deontological ethics or deontology (from Greek: δέον, 'obligation, duty' + λόγος, 'study') is the normative ethical theory that the morality of an action should be based on whether that action itself is right or wrong under a series of rules and principles, rather than based on the consequences of the action. [1]

  4. Ethics of care - Wikipedia

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    The ethics of care (alternatively care ethics or EoC) is a normative ethical theory that holds that moral action centers on interpersonal relationships and care or benevolence as a virtue. EoC is one of a cluster of normative ethical theories that were developed by some feminists and environmentalists since the 1980s. [ 1 ]

  5. Principlism - Wikipedia

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    Principlism is an applied ethics approach to the examination of moral dilemmas centering the application of certain ethical principles. This approach to ethical decision-making has been prevalently adopted in various professional fields, largely because it sidesteps complex debates in moral philosophy at the theoretical level.

  6. List of bioethics journals - Wikipedia

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    A Accountability in Research AMA Journal of Ethics American Journal of Bioethics American Journal of Law & Medicine B Bioethics Biology and Philosophy BioSocieties BMC Medical Ethics C Canadian Journal of Bioethics Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics Clinical Ethics D Developing World Bioethics E Environmental Values Ethical Theory and Moral Practice European Journal of Health Law H ...

  7. Pragmatic ethics - Wikipedia

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    Much as it is appropriate for scientists to act as though a hypothesis were true despite expecting future inquiry to supplant it, ethical pragmatists acknowledge that it can be appropriate to practice a variety of other normative approaches (e.g. consequentialism, deontological ethics, and virtue ethics), yet acknowledge the need for mechanisms that allow people to advance beyond such ...

  8. Outline of ethics - Wikipedia

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    Deontological ethicsapproach that judges the morality of an action based on the action's adherence to a rule or rules. Moral absolutism – view that certain actions are absolutely right or wrong, regardless of their circumstances such as their consequences or the intentions behind them.

  9. Casuistry - Wikipedia

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    Le grand docteur sophiste, 1886 illustration of Gargantua by Albert Robida, expressing mockery of his casuist education. Casuistry (/ ˈ k æ zj u ɪ s t r i / KAZ-ew-iss-tree) is a process of reasoning that seeks to resolve moral problems by extracting or extending abstract rules from a particular case, and reapplying those rules to new instances. [1]