Compassion, Reason, and Moral Judgment
This paper will discuss the role of compassion in ethics in general and in healthcare ethics in particular. My thesis is that compassion:1) as Rousseau pointed out, is a natural trait common to all higher animals (human as well as nonhuman);2) can and does serve as one of the most important motivato...
| Published in: | Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1995
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Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
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| Summary: | This paper will discuss the role of compassion in ethics in general and in healthcare ethics in particular. My thesis is that compassion:1) as Rousseau pointed out, is a natural trait common to all higher animals (human as well as nonhuman);2) can and does serve as one of the most important motivators and modulators of ethics in both theoretical and applied aspects;3) must be controlled by, and in turn control, reason if it is to serve its ethical as well as natural purposes; and4) as a natural trait has survival value and, by virtue of being a natural trait, cannot be an obligation although there may very well be an obligation to do all that is necessary to nurture and not crush this sentiment. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-2147 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0963180100006290 |