Philosophical Medical Ethics

Theories of Medical Ethics: the Philosophical Structure

Philosophical medical ethics. Conclusion: the Arthur case revisited.

Throughout his British Medical Journal series of 25 articles on medical ethics, Gillon frequently used the Arthur case (which involved a British physician who faced criminal charges for allowing a Down's syndrome newborn to die) to illustrate moral arguments concerning approaches to clinical dilemmas. He returns to the Arthur case in this essay on the obligations of physicians toward all patien...

Philosophical Ethics Adapted from Thomas White, "ethics," Chapter 1, Business Ethics: a Philosophical Reader (new York: Macmillan Publishing, 1993)

Ethics is the branch of philosophy that explores the nature of moral virtue and evaluates human actions. Philosophical ethics differs from legal, religious, cultural and personal approaches to ethics by seeking to conduct the study of morality through a rational, secular outlook that is grounded in notions of human happiness or well-being. A major advantage of a philosophical approach to ethics...

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