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Beyond ethical individualism.

J Clegg1

  • 1University Hospital, Nottingham, UK. Jennifer.Clegg@Nottingham.ac.uk

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research : JIDR
|March 11, 2000
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Virtue ethics (VE) offers a social constructionist approach to clinical ethics, focusing on learning ethical practices within an environment. This perspective is more useful than traditional ethics for understanding interdependence and intellectual disability care.

Area of Science:

  • * Bioethics
  • * Philosophy of Medicine
  • * Social Constructionism

Background:

  • * Current clinical ethics debates often focus on individual dilemmas, which contrasts with social constructionist views emphasizing human interdependence.
  • * Virtue ethics (VE) is proposed as a more suitable ethical framework than consequentialism or deontology within a social constructionist paradigm.

Purpose of the Study:

  • * To explore the utility of virtue ethics (VE) as a social constructionist approach to clinical ethics.
  • * To examine how VE can conceptualize the learning and development of ethical and unethical practices in clinical environments.
  • * To discuss the implications of VE for clinical practice with individuals with intellectual disability.

Main Methods:

  • * Conceptual analysis of virtue ethics (VE) from a social constructionist perspective.
Keywords:
Bioethics and Professional EthicsMental Health TherapiesProfessional Patient Relationship

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  • * Review of existing ethical frameworks (consequentialism, deontology) in clinical practice.
  • * Discussion of VE's application to intellectual disability care.

    • Main Results:

    • * VE provides a framework for understanding ethical development and environmental influences, rather than solely focusing on resolving individual dilemmas.
    • * This approach aligns with social constructionism by highlighting the social and environmental factors in ethical practice.
    • * VE offers a nuanced perspective for addressing the ethical complexities in caring for individuals with intellectual disability.

    Conclusions:

    • * Virtue ethics (VE), viewed through a social constructionist lens, offers a valuable alternative for understanding clinical ethics.
    • * The focus shifts from rule-based decision-making to the cultivation of ethical character and practices within social contexts.
    • * VE has significant implications for improving ethical care for individuals with intellectual disability by considering their social and environmental contexts.