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Towards a strong virtue ethics for nursing practice.

Alan E Armstrong1

  • 1Department of Nursing, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, Lancashire, UK. aearmstrong@uclan.ac.uk

Nursing Philosophy : an International Journal for Healthcare Professionals
|June 16, 2006
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Virtue ethics offers a superior framework for nursing ethics compared to traditional obligation-based theories. This approach emphasizes compassion, judgment, and moral wisdom for a more effective nurse-patient relationship.

Area of Science:

  • Nursing Ethics
  • Virtue Ethics
  • Philosophy of Care

Background:

  • Illness evokes negative emotions like anxiety and fear in patients.
  • Current patient-centered care models often overlook the interpersonal aspects of the nurse-patient relationship.
  • Traditional nursing ethics predominantly relies on act-centered theories (consequentialism, deontology), which have limitations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To critically examine the adequacy of obligation-based ethical theories in nursing.
  • To propose virtue ethics as a more suitable alternative for nursing practice and the nurse-patient relationship.
  • To develop a virtue-based approach to nursing, emphasizing moral virtues, judgment, and wisdom.

Main Methods:

  • Critical examination of consequentialism and deontology in nursing ethics.

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  • Analysis of Hursthouse's work on virtue ethics and action guidance.
  • Development of a virtue-based model for the nurse-patient relationship and nursing practice, incorporating MacIntyre's concept of 'practice'.

    • Main Results:

    • Obligation-based moral theories are deemed incomplete and inadequate for nursing.
    • A strong, action-guiding version of virtue ethics provides a viable alternative.
    • A virtue-based nursing approach involves exercising virtues (e.g., compassion), using judgment, and employing moral wisdom (perception, sensitivity, imagination).

    Conclusions:

    • Virtue ethics, particularly a practice-based version, offers a robust framework for nursing.
    • Nurses exercising virtues sustain the practice of nursing and prevent the marginalization of ethical character.
    • Further philosophical and empirical research is needed to advance this virtue-based approach.