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Where the ethical action is
  1. Doug Hardman1,
  2. Phil Hutchinson2
  1. 1 Psychology, Bournemouth University, Poole, UK
  2. 2 Department of Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, Greater Manchester, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Doug Hardman, Psychology, Bournemouth University, Poole BH12 5BB, UK; dihardman{at}bournemouth.ac.uk

Abstract

It is common to think of medical and ethical modes of thought as different in kind. In such terms, some clinical situations are made more complicated by an additional ethical component. Against this picture, we propose that medical and ethical modes of thought are not different in kind, but merely different aspects of what it means to be human. We further propose that clinicians are uniquely positioned to synthesise these two aspects without prior knowledge of philosophical ethics.

  • ethics-medical
  • philosophy-medical

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https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2021-107925

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    • Contributors Both authors contributed to conceptualisation, formal analysis, writing of the original draft and reviewing and editing. DH is the author responsible for the overall content as the guarantor.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

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