Autonomy and trust in professional ethics
This paper examines recent discussions of the key ideas of autonomy and trust in the professional ethics literature. We argue that while there is a consensus on the nature of professions and professional ethics, there is no agreement on the philosophical basis of this consensus. Some authors, most n...
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Australian Association of Professional and Applied Ethics
2009
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| author | Millett, Stephan Tapper, Alan |
| author2 | Anna Corbo Creahan |
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| description | This paper examines recent discussions of the key ideas of autonomy and trust in the professional ethics literature. We argue that while there is a consensus on the nature of professions and professional ethics, there is no agreement on the philosophical basis of this consensus. Some authors, most notably in the bioethics field, derive professional ethics from general philosophical ethics. We argue that these derivations have so far been flawed, since any general ethics must apply equally to both professional and client, and thus it is difficult to see how the special obligations of professionals are grounded. We don't offer any solution to this problem, just a diagnosis of it. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-138852017-01-30T11:40:03Z Autonomy and trust in professional ethics Millett, Stephan Tapper, Alan Anna Corbo Creahan autonomy trust Professional ethics This paper examines recent discussions of the key ideas of autonomy and trust in the professional ethics literature. We argue that while there is a consensus on the nature of professions and professional ethics, there is no agreement on the philosophical basis of this consensus. Some authors, most notably in the bioethics field, derive professional ethics from general philosophical ethics. We argue that these derivations have so far been flawed, since any general ethics must apply equally to both professional and client, and thus it is difficult to see how the special obligations of professionals are grounded. We don't offer any solution to this problem, just a diagnosis of it. 2009 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13885 Australian Association of Professional and Applied Ethics fulltext |
| spellingShingle | autonomy trust Professional ethics Millett, Stephan Tapper, Alan Autonomy and trust in professional ethics |
| title | Autonomy and trust in professional ethics |
| title_full | Autonomy and trust in professional ethics |
| title_fullStr | Autonomy and trust in professional ethics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Autonomy and trust in professional ethics |
| title_short | Autonomy and trust in professional ethics |
| title_sort | autonomy and trust in professional ethics |
| topic | autonomy trust Professional ethics |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13885 |