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Ethics in Professional Life: Virtues for Health and Social Care

Ethics in Professional Life: Virtues for Health and Social Care

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ISBN10: 0230507190
ISBN13: 9780230507197
Publisher: Red Globe Pr
Published: Jan 1 2009
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.40
Language: English

What does it mean to be a good professional? What is the role of courage in professional life? How do we develop the moral qualities of respectfulness, justice and care?

Firmly rooted in practice, this book is a timely exploration of the nature and value of a virtue-based approach to ethics in health and social care.

Skilfully drawing on relevant moral philosophical literature, Part I offers a clear yet critical account of virtue ethics. Virtue ethics bases ethical evaluations on the moral qualities or character traits of professional practitioners. This approach, the authors argue, is a vital counter-balance to the recent emphasis in professional ethics on the regulation of conduct by rules and procedures.

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