NUR 3826H Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Primum Non Nocere
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Systematic approach to understanding, analyzing and distinguishing matters of right and wrong, good and bad, admirable and deplorable as they relate to the well- being of and the relationships among sentient beings. Code or set of principles by which people live. If a rule or a right is considered ethical, it will be seen as grounded in a moral system, an ultimate system of beliefs and norms about the rightness or wrongness of human conduct and character. Groups of rules or rights claims are sometime called code of ethics. Often rules and rights express the same moral duty from tow different perspectives (veatch, p. 3) Specific beliefs, behaviors and ways being derived from doing ethics. Judged as good or bad through ethical analysis. Other people are always involved private morality does not exist. Moral decisions matter because they affect someone else"s life, health, self esteem, happiness. Definite conclusions will not be reached in ethical debates.
