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Spirituality: the basis for nurses' ethics.
Maria Auxiliadora Trevizan1, Isabel Amélia Costa Mendes, Maria Regina Lourenço
1University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto College of Nursing.
Medicine and Law
|February 3, 2005
Summary
Modern society faces social and ecological crises due to wealth inequality and environmental exploitation. New ethics are needed, with nursing playing a key role in fostering global solidarity and spiritual values.
Area of Science:
- Social Ethics
- Environmental Ethics
- Nursing Ethics
Background:
- Modern societies experience social crises driven by wealth production and distribution inequalities, creating societal divisions.
- Labor crises arise from automation devaluing human work and leading to societal exclusion.
- Ecological crises stem from human dominance over Earth's resources, disregarding environmental change and its impacts.
Purpose of the Study:
- To address the need for a new human ethics in response to intertwined social and ecological crises.
- To explore the role of nursing in fostering global solidarity and a shared world ethos.
- To highlight spirituality as an essential dimension for nursing ethics.
Main Methods:
- Conceptual analysis of social and ecological crises.
- Ethical framework development for a new human ethos.
- Exploration of nursing's role in promoting solidarity and ethical consensus.
Main Results:
- Identified social and ecological crises as interconnected global challenges.
- Proposed a new ethical framework emphasizing human solidarity and consensus.
- Emphasized the crucial role of spirituality in shaping nursing ethics.
Conclusions:
- A new ethics for humanity is essential to navigate current social and ecological crises.
- Nursing professionals are vital in promoting a global ethos of collaboration and solidarity.
- Spirituality is a fundamental component of ethical nursing practice in contemporary society.