Practical Decision Making in Health Care Ethics - Cases, Concepts, and the Virtue of Prudence, Fourth Edition

Offering a teachable alternative to the dominant principle-based theories in the field, the author's approach is not based on an ethics of abstract obligations and duties but, following Aristotle, on how to live a fulfilled and happy life - in short, an ethics of personal well-being grounded in prudence, the virtue of ethical decision making.

Summary

Offering a teachable alternative to the dominant principle-based theories in the field, the author's approach is not based on an ethics of abstract obligations and duties but, following Aristotle, on how to live a fulfilled and happy life - in short, an ethics of personal well-being grounded in prudence, the virtue of ethical decision making.

Product details

• Authors: Raymond J. Devettere, Raymond J. (Emmanuel College) Devettere, Devettere Raymond J.
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.05.2016
• EAN: 9781626162761
• ISBN: 978-1-62616-276-1
• No. of pages: 592
• Series: Practical Decision Making in Health Care Ethics; Practical Decision Making in Health Care Ethics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; MEDICAL / General, MEDICAL / Ethics, Nursing, MEDICAL / Nursing / Social, Ethical & Legal Issues, LAW / Health, Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct, Public health and safety law