‘What is professional ethics?’

The very term ‘professional ethics’ is puzzling with respect to what both ‘professional’ and ‘ethics’ might mean. I argue (1) that professionalism is ambiguous as to whether or not it is implicitly committed to ethical practice; (2) that to be ‘professionally’ ethical is at best ambiguous, if not in...

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Main Author: Brecher, Bob (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2014
In: Nursing ethics
Year: 2014, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 239-244
Further subjects:B Ethics
B Codes
B Morality
B Professional
B Professional Ethics
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Summary:The very term ‘professional ethics’ is puzzling with respect to what both ‘professional’ and ‘ethics’ might mean. I argue (1) that professionalism is ambiguous as to whether or not it is implicitly committed to ethical practice; (2) that to be ‘professionally’ ethical is at best ambiguous, if not in fact bizarre; and (3) that, taken together, these considerations suggest that professional ethics is something to be avoided rather than lauded.
ISSN:1477-0989
Contains:Enthalten in: Nursing ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0969733013484485