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  • Philosophy of Ethics
  • Physiotherapy Practice

Background:

  • Ethics is integral to physiotherapy, with a growing emphasis on ethical agency within clinical reasoning.
  • Existing codes and guidelines support professional conduct.
  • Knud E. Løgstrup's bottom-up, situational ethics offers a new philosophical framework.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Introduce Løgstrup's situational ethics and its ontological framing.
  • Explore the application of Løgstrup's ethical concepts to physiotherapy practice.
  • Enhance understanding of ethical agency in physiotherapy through philosophical inquiry.

Main Methods:

  • Introduction to Løgstrup's situational ethics and its ontological framing.
  • Analysis of four key themes: sensation and ethical claims, sovereign life utterances, relational responsibility, and poetic understandings.
  • Reflection on the relevance of these themes to physiotherapy practice.

Main Results:

  • Physiotherapy practice involves navigating uncertainty through tuned sensation and therapeutic attitude.
  • Sensuous, narrative, and poetic meaning-making are crucial in physiotherapy.
  • Physiotherapy facilitates self-discovery through new embodied experiences.
  • Ethical claims and professional codes are central to physiotherapy conduct.

Conclusions:

  • Løgstrup's situational ethics provides a valuable philosophical lens for understanding ethical agency in physiotherapy.
  • Integrating philosophical insights can deepen the ethical dimensions of physiotherapy practice.
  • Emphasizing sensation, interdependence, and embodied experience enriches ethical reasoning in physiotherapy.