Overview of Psychiatric Ethics II: Virtue Ethics and the Ethics of Care
- 1 June 2007
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Australasian Psychiatry
- Vol. 15 (3) , 207-211
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10398560701308282
Abstract
Objective: The aim of this paper is to consider the components of two moral theories – the ethics of virtue and the ethics of care – and their relationship to psychiatry. Conclusions: Although both theories reflect fundamentally desirable human qualities, neither provides a comprehensive account of psychiatric ethics. We are therefore drawn to a similar conclusion as those of Hare (1993) and Bloch and Green (2006), in that these theories offer a complementary approach to other ethical theories in psychiatry.Keywords
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