Part 1 Flashcards
A Profession…
Several core elements that guide the behaviour of its members
4 main features of ethics
- Principles are valued
- Universality
- Reasoning
- Desired outcomes
Four Foundational Systems of Ethics
- Teleology (Valued actions that produce desired outcome)
- Deontology (Act in accordance with obligatory duty)
- Virtue (Actions with the
right motive)
-Relational ethics (Actions that manifest care and consideration of others (complex and messy))
Evidence-based Practice (EBP)
Use of current best scientific evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients or clients
Values
Concepts of what is good-such as compassion and honesty-that are acknowledged in thought and action, and what is bad-such as cruelty and deceit-that are repudiated
Ethics
Highest ideals of human awareness, intention, reasoning, and behaviour and are fundamentally aspirational in nature
Analytical approach to ethics
Favours rational analysis, experimental approach favours participation in the world
Social approach to ethics favours
Publicly observable phenomenon, a personal approach favours introspection
Relational Ethics
actions that manifest care and consideration of others
Virtue
Actions with the right motives
The Canadian Code of Ethics for Psychologists (4 Principles)
- Principle 1: Respect for the Dignity of Persons and Peoples
- Principle 2: Responsible Caring
- Principle 3: Integrity in Relationships
- Principle 4: Responsibility to Society
Professional Ethics 4 Main Features
- Valued by all members
- Universality (applicable to all)
- Appropriate actions can be deducted
- Desirable outcomes
Attempts at Assimilation/Genocide
- “Civilizing the Indians”
- Reservations – ruled by Indian Act
- Residential Schools (1883 Indian Affairs policy) Education and Assimilation
- Sixties Scoop
Truth and Reconciliation Commission (2015)
Sets out the vision for reconciliation
Touchstones of Hope
Provides the principles and process to get there (to reconciliation)