Kant's Virtue Ethics

Louden, Robert B.

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“…Florence Nightingale believed that to be a good nurse one must first be a good person 33 and the good nurse, therefore needs all of these attributes. The good person is more than a rule follower 34 and the individual needs to consider what sort of person he or she ought to be rather than simply what he or she ought to do , such as follow rules and principles 35,36 . The main issue to be addressed, then, is to identify what it is that constitutes sufficiently good character and what virtues or attributes are essential for good conduct?…”

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On being a good nurse: Reflections on the past and preparing for the future

Begley

2010

Int J of Nursing Practice

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The objectives of this paper include reflecting on the attributes of the 'good' nurse in the past, outlining thematically the essential attributes (virtues) required by the 'good' nurse today and presenting an original 4-point framework for ethics in practice. Although there is no doubt that nurses in the past were highly professional, the culture within which they practiced tended to stifle the emergence of autonomy, assertiveness, advocacy and accountability. An original table of contemporary attributes, which is congruent with a neo Aristotelian virtue ethical approach, is arranged in themes of Intellectual and Practical Attributes, Dispositional Attributes and Moral Attributes. A framework for professional practice, the 'Four As' is then extrapolated from these themes. These four key professional attributes, autonomy, advocacy, accountability and assertiveness, along with the virtues listed in the themes, exemplify the 'good' nurse and are identified as the linchpins of modern professional ethics and good conduct.

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On being a good nurse: Reflections on the past and preparing for the future

Begley

2010

Int J of Nursing Practice

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“…In virtue ethics, there is a conceptual shift from -doing‖ to -being‖ (Louden, 1986)-it emphasizes the idea that we should concentrate on -being‖ good persons instead of -doing‖ good acts. In the actbased schools of ethics, ethicality of an individual is derived from the action-a person is good if s/he acts in a certain way (Trianosky, 1990).…”

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Infusing Ethical Considerations in Knowledge Management Scholarship: Toward a Research Agenda

Chatterjee¹,

Sarker²

2013

JAIS

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The authors of this paper believe that scholarly work on knowledge management (KM) has largely overlooked ethical considerations. As such, this paper argues for the infusion of ethical considerations into knowledge management (KM) research. Using the lens of the classical ethical theories in philosophy, this paper revisits key areas of KM-knowledge creation, storage and access, transfer, and application-and generates relevant research questions in each of these areas. The paper highlights the importance of examining ethical issues related to KM, and offers an illustrative set of ethically-informed research themes and questions that can potentially be investigated by future studies.

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“…The point that I am making is that, for Kant, both the good will and virtue are defined in terms of obedience to the moral law and virtue is subordinate to the moral law. 9 The motive of the agent is respect for duty; the good person carries out a duty for the sake of duty and this takes moral courage. Sellman refers to the 'inclination' issue, or as Foot would say, Kant's 'curious doctrine'.…”

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Response by Ann M Begley to comments by Sellman, and Butts and Rich on: `Guilty but good: defending voluntary active euthanasia from a virtue perspective'

2008

Nurs Ethics

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From Aristotle's perspective we would say that Dr Cox acted out of 'rashness' (excess of courage).How might Dr Cox act, given the chance to re-evaluate his decision? We wonder if he would want to perform an illegal act, be questioned by the police, or have his action be a matter of public and professional scrutiny if he could re-live that moment. We believe that Dr Cox would be more prudent if he chose to act from courage, meaning that he could order a titrated narcotic analgesic and allow the medicine to relieve the patient's suffering even if this action necessitated sedation to the point of unconsciousness. His sole intent would be based on a good intention, to relieve suffering and pain. An unintentional but foreseen effect might be the hastening of death, but, according to research, this is not likely, unless terminal sedation is used. This course of action would be both ethical and legal. Acting according to one's professional practice and code of ethics preserves public trust and seems to be the wisest and most compassionate and courageous act. References1 Cavanaugh TA. Double-effect reasoning: doing good and avoiding evil. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2006. 2 Fohr SA. The double effect of pain medication: separating myth from reality. J Palliat Nurs 1998; 1: 315-28.

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Kant's Virtue Ethics

Abstract: Among moral attributes true virtue alone is sublime. … [I]t is only by means of this idea [of virtue] that any judgment as to moral worth or its opposite is possible. … Everything good that is not based on a morally good disposition … is nothing but pretence and glittering misery.1

Cited by 159 publications

References 4 publications

On being a good nurse: Reflections on the past and preparing for the future

On being a good nurse: Reflections on the past and preparing for the future

Infusing Ethical Considerations in Knowledge Management Scholarship: Toward a Research Agenda

Response by Ann M Begley to comments by Sellman, and Butts and Rich on: `Guilty but good: defending voluntary active euthanasia from a virtue perspective'

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