Lecture 3Virtues, Rules, and ProfessionaCodes of Conduct
Lecture 3 Virtues, Rules, and Professional Codes of Conduct
Necessity of Virtue"A morally good person with the rightconfiguration of desires and motives ismore likelythan othersto understand whatshould be done, more likely to performattentivelytheactsreguired,andevenmore likelyto form and act on moralideals
Necessity of Virtue “A morally good person with the right configuration of desires and motives is more likely than others to understand what should be done, more likely to perform attentively the acts required, and even more likely to form and act on moral ideals
A person we trust is one who has aningrainedmotivationanddesiretoperformright actions. Thus, the person we willrecommend, admire, praise, and hold upasa moral modelisthe persondisposedby characterto be generous, caring,compassionate,sympathetic,fair,andthelike.BeauchampandChildress,PrinciplesofBiomedicalEthics,5thed.,p.29
“A person we trust is one who has an ingrained motivation and desire to perform right actions. Thus, the person we will recommend, admire, praise, and hold up as a moral model is the person disposed by character to be generous, caring, compassionate, sympathetic, fair, and the like.” Beauchamp and Childress, Principles of Biomedical Ethics, 5th ed., p.29
Three kinds of failures of surgicalresidents1. TechnicalTheresidentdischargesroleresponsibilities conscientiously,but his orhertechnicaltraining orinformationfallsshort of what the task requiresEverysurgicalresidentcanbeexpectedtomake this sort of mistake occasionally
Three kinds of failures of surgical residents 1. Technical • The resident discharges role responsibilities conscientiously, but his or her technical training or information falls short of what the task requires • Every surgical resident can be expected to make this sort of mistake occasionally
2. JudgmentalAconscientiousresident developsandfollows an incorrect strategySuchamistakeisalsotobeexpected
2. Judgmental • A conscientious resident develops and follows an incorrect strategy • Such a mistake is also to be expected