1 Ethics Deontology (NE) 2
1 Ethics Deontology (NE) 2
1 Ethics Deontology (NE) 2
BIOETHICS
Prof. Dr. Nesrin ÇOBANOĞLU
Gazi University
Chair, Medical Ethics and
Medical History Dept.
ETHICS
• Ethics, derived from the Greek word for
“ethos”
• Way of behavior
• The status of moral values.
• Ethics, or moral philosophy, is a branch of
Philosophy.
ETHICS
• Ethics, coming after reflection, argument and
analysis, to a sense of what one ought to do
under given sets of circumstances.
• Ethics, concerned with norms and values, rights
and wrongs and what ought or what not ought
to be done.
• Ethics is about right and wrong and the reasons
that we give for our choices and actions.
MORAL
• Is the good simply good because, God
commands it, or does God command it
because it is good?
• Moral, can varies from society to another
society, but ethics is a universal concept.
DEONTOLOGY
• Deontology was coined by Jeremy Bentham in 1834
for the first time.
• Deontological, derived from the Greek word for duty.
• The relationship between physician and
patient has been of interest since ancient
times, principally concerning the moral
obligations of physicians in preventing disease
and treating the sick and injured.
• The physician was deemed to be acting for the
good.
• Hippocrates Oath mention about
“Medical Ethics” and “Medical
Deontology”
MEDICAL ETHICS
• “Medical Ethics” include dilemmas, that
physicians had to make to selection.
• Ethics is the disciplined study of morality.
• Medical ethics is the disciplined study of morality
in medicine and concerns the obligations of
physicians and health care organizations to
patients as well as the obligations of patients.
• Medical ethics is concerned with moral problems
arising out of the care of patients.
Theories (Approach) of
Medical Ethics
• Kantian Theory
• Utilitarian Theory
• Communitarian Theory
• Libertarian Theory
• Primum non nocere
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