Ethics and Jurisprudence
We had a class on ethics this morning pertaining to the practice of naturopathic medicine. Its goal is to produce Naturopathic graduates who will:
1. Behave in an ethical manner in their interactions with: patients, other NDs, allied health professionals, the public, their employees.
2. Value ethical principles.
3. Adopt acceptable professional ethical standards and apply them in their practice.
4. Resolve potential conflicts between personal moral beliefs and professional ethics.
"Ethics has been defined as the science of moral duty. In fact, it is more of a philosophy than a science. It is concerned with the standards for judging whether actions are right or wrong and the establishment of systemized principles of morally correct conduct. It states which actions one should believe and follow and provides standards by which right or wrong, good or bad can be judged.
Another definition of ethics is "That force within a person which demands that he/she should be honest, decent and considerate of others".
For Christians, we can say that this force is God, the Holy Spirit who provides us with standards of living that are good for us, and that we have been created in His image with a conscience to discern between good and bad; and that the acting on bad comes from our inherent sin. Conscience can give rise to a sense of uneasiness, and is the name for restraining impulses on conduct of an individual; the feeling of obligation to do or not to do certain hings, though it is not falliable and repeated wrong actions can dull its reactions and cause it to be quiescent or modified by external influences. This is where a discussion of Absolute Truths versus Relative truths could be brought up. Many times, I have had discussions with colleagues, other professionals and friends about these 'truths' and many of them would say there is no Absolute (T)truth. But then if we are to have ethics/morals, where will we hold our standards if there is no black and white and we waver through social norms?
FYI
Virtue according to the Greeks means excellence. The four cardinal virtues are wisdom, courage, temperance and justice (Plato), to which medieval philosophers added the theological virtues of faith, hope and love.
Hippocrates is credited to writing the first voluntary code of conduct for the medical profession in 450 BC, outlining rights of patients and the finer instincts of the physician, with a line noting 'Primum Non Nocere' - "First of all, Do No Harm" - the sanctity of human life and the alleviation of human suffering were emphasized.
Ethics in Business depends on: advertising, guarded processes, secret formulas, item/skill sold for a price.
Ethics in Professional world: depends on specialized knowlegde, sharing of knowledge, disapproves secret formulas, provides personal service and receives compensation usu based on fee for service.
We had a class on ethics this morning pertaining to the practice of naturopathic medicine. Its goal is to produce Naturopathic graduates who will:
1. Behave in an ethical manner in their interactions with: patients, other NDs, allied health professionals, the public, their employees.
2. Value ethical principles.
3. Adopt acceptable professional ethical standards and apply them in their practice.
4. Resolve potential conflicts between personal moral beliefs and professional ethics.
"Ethics has been defined as the science of moral duty. In fact, it is more of a philosophy than a science. It is concerned with the standards for judging whether actions are right or wrong and the establishment of systemized principles of morally correct conduct. It states which actions one should believe and follow and provides standards by which right or wrong, good or bad can be judged.
Another definition of ethics is "That force within a person which demands that he/she should be honest, decent and considerate of others".
For Christians, we can say that this force is God, the Holy Spirit who provides us with standards of living that are good for us, and that we have been created in His image with a conscience to discern between good and bad; and that the acting on bad comes from our inherent sin. Conscience can give rise to a sense of uneasiness, and is the name for restraining impulses on conduct of an individual; the feeling of obligation to do or not to do certain hings, though it is not falliable and repeated wrong actions can dull its reactions and cause it to be quiescent or modified by external influences. This is where a discussion of Absolute Truths versus Relative truths could be brought up. Many times, I have had discussions with colleagues, other professionals and friends about these 'truths' and many of them would say there is no Absolute (T)truth. But then if we are to have ethics/morals, where will we hold our standards if there is no black and white and we waver through social norms?
FYI
Virtue according to the Greeks means excellence. The four cardinal virtues are wisdom, courage, temperance and justice (Plato), to which medieval philosophers added the theological virtues of faith, hope and love.
Hippocrates is credited to writing the first voluntary code of conduct for the medical profession in 450 BC, outlining rights of patients and the finer instincts of the physician, with a line noting 'Primum Non Nocere' - "First of all, Do No Harm" - the sanctity of human life and the alleviation of human suffering were emphasized.
Ethics in Business depends on: advertising, guarded processes, secret formulas, item/skill sold for a price.
Ethics in Professional world: depends on specialized knowlegde, sharing of knowledge, disapproves secret formulas, provides personal service and receives compensation usu based on fee for service.
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