ethical principle
collocation in Englishmeaningsofethicalandprinciple
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ethical
adjective
uk/ˈeθ.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈeθ.ɪ.kəl/
relating to beliefs about what is morally right ...
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principle
noun
uk/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/us/ˈprɪn.sə.pəl/
a basic idea or rule that explains or controls how something happens ...
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(Definition ofethicalandprinciplefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The philosophical concept of dependent moral status thus makes a crucial appeal to theethicalprincipleof beneficence.
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Although he offers little in the way of specific guidingethicalprinciple, his approach is fundamentally nonprescriptive and pragmatic.
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But no amount of empirical data can determine whichethicalprincipleto choose when two respected principles are in direct conflict.
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From the standpoint of respect for theethicalprincipleof autonomy, such changes should be welcomed.
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It must be supplemented by a furtherethicalprinciplethat requires parents to balance fairly the competing obligations they owe to their children.
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This dearth of guidingethicalprincipleapplies in particular to researchers working in developing countries and in resource-poor settings.
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The underlyingethicalprincipleemphasized in this period was the right to autonomy.
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They violate theethicalprinciplethat requires choosing "the least restrictive alternative" when it comes to limitations on an individual's freedom or privacy.
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Crucially, theethicalprinciplemay nevertheless be of greater ethical importance.
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The patient's perspective is translated into clinical practice in theethicalprincipleof respect for autonomy.
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On the basis of thisethicalprinciplethey conclude that fetal reduction of multifetal pregnancy is permissible in the clinical ethics of obstetric practice.
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Yet, this view begs a whole series of questions, not least the conflation of a possible physical law to anethicalprinciple.
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Physicians are taught to respect theethicalprincipleof nonmaleficence and at least do no harm.
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A newethicalprinciple, respect for communities, would similarly accord moral status to the community and require that the wishes and interests of the community be taken seriously.
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Thisethicalprincipleobligates the obstetrician, like all physicians, to seek the greater balance of clinical benefits over clinical harms for the patient as a consequence of the physician's behaviors.
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Now the idea that we may never use nonconsenting individuals, even in benign ways, solely for the benefit of others strikes me as an implausibly strictethicalprinciple.
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In addition to principles that strive for an equitable distribution of a resource, there is also theethicalprincipleof utility, which aims at maximizing benefits and minimizing harms.
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During this period, utilitarianism implicitly or explicitly became the dominant justification for research, and the dominantethicalprincipleguiding research and research oversight was social value.
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