Ethical Compass Flashcards
Define ethical compass
A set of internalized ideas, concepts, values, and duties that keep us heading in the right direction as professionals
Provides guidance ONLY
Ethics
A system of rational reflection
Values
Standards for what is right or wrong, good or bad, worthy, important, or beautiful
Law vs. Ethics
Law = A minimal societal standard that represents a kind of consensus on standards of behavior Ethics = What is right. Goes beyond the minimal standard of law towards ideas behavior
Autonomy
refers to the right of a patient to self determination
Beneficence
desire to promote goof and produce positive outcomes
Non-maleficence
preventing harm
Justice
fairness
Types of justice
Distributive
Criminal
Compensatory
Procedural
Distributive justice
how benefits, burdens, rights and responsibilities are distributed
Criminal justice
a system of punishment through law
Compensatory justice
compensation for wrongs
Procedural justice
fair processes or due processes
Paternalism
May compromise autonomy
Two types - weak and strong
Weak paternalism
intervention to protect the patient from harm