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KMID : 1025620140170010072
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Korean Journal of Medical Ethics
2014 Volume.17 No. 1 p.72 ~ p.84
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The Role of Virtue Ethics in the Study and Teaching of Medical Professional Ethics
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You Ho-Jong
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Abstract
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This article examines the ethics of duty and virtue ethics in the teaching and study of professional ethics, with a focus on medical professional ethics. Because of the nature of the profession, medical practitioners should have expertise in moral decision-making and a strong moral will. This article argues that the former concept can be investigated and taught effectively in terms of the ethics of duty, whereas the latter concept is better understood in terms of virtue ethics. Additionally, this article describes in more detail the role of virtue ethics in professional ethics, claiming that medical practitioners should strive, not only to meet their moral duties, but also to flourish in their profession. Virtue ethics shows the method for achieving this.
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KEYWORD
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ethics of duty, virtue ethics, professional ethics, doctors, ethical judgment, moral will
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