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Presented by. Virginia A. Brown, MA Program Coordinator/Instructor HU, College of Medicine, C&FP Program in Health Care Ethics. PURPOSE. Develop a practice-oriented philosophy that links ethical reasoning with ethical action(s) in “real life” situations. Terms of Art….

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  1. Presented by Virginia A. Brown, MA Program Coordinator/Instructor HU, College of Medicine, C&FP Program in Health Care Ethics

  2. PURPOSE • Develop a practice-oriented philosophy that links ethical reasoning with ethical action(s) in “real life” situations.

  3. Terms of Art… • Morality vs. Ethics • Normative Ethics • Ethical Reasoning, a process

  4. Problem • Ethics and morality are often used interchangeably. • Ethics stems from the Greek word ethos, meaning character. • Morality is from the Latin word mores, meaning character, custom, or habit.

  5. Normative Ethics • …”[T]hat pole of ethical theory that stood closet to practice.”¹ • Thus the idea is that the task of “…normative ethics is to define and to defend an adequate theory for guiding conduct.²

  6. Post Modernity • Liberal (great sound bites) • Conservative (as seen on Fox TV) • Consensus (as seen on Oprah and Dr. Laura) • Religious Right (Farwell approved)

  7. Preamble Howard University affirms that the central purpose of a university is the pursuit of • truth, • the discovery of new knowledge through scholarly research, • the teaching and overall development of students, and • the transmission of knowledge and learning to the world at large. H-Book 2006-2007, p 82

  8. ACADEMIC CODE OF STUDENT CONDUCT • Howard University is a community of scholars composed of faculty and students both of whom must hold the pursuit of learning and search for truth in the highest regard. • Such regard requires adherence to the goal of unquestionable integrity and honesty in the discharge of teachingand learning responsibilities. p 102

  9. continued… • . . . no place for academic dishonesty. p 102

  10. Definitions of Academic Infractions • “1. Academic cheating-any intentional act(s) of dishonesty in the fulfillment of academic course or program requirements.” • “2. Plagiarism-to take and pass off intentionally as one’s own, the ideas, writings, etc., of another, without attribution (without acknowledging the author).” p 102

  11. Ethical Reasoning: A Case Discussion

  12. Interested Parties Think progressive ordering of people- • form the person facing the ethical problem, • to the person (s) immediately affected, • to peer, • to employer, (university, department, etc.), • to society in general.

  13. Obligations • Primary: Obligations of the protagonist toward the various interested parties • Refer to the moral justification in terms of values, principles, character, or outcomes

  14. Consequences/Recommendation • Each action considered=several possible outcomes • Identify consequences that have a good probability of occurring • Do not create additional problems

  15. So just who are you? • What is the source of your moral center? • What is the source of authority regarding your professional conduct? • How do you justify your professional actions? • Do they conflict? • When they do, what will you do?

  16. The Road Not Taken • I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: • Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Robert Frost, The Road Less Traveled

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