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Duties and decency

¹Division of Medicine in Society, Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8036, USA.

The Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine, New York

|March 1, 1995

Summary

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Helping individuals with disabilities is a moral imperative, not an obligation. This paper explores the nature of disabilities and proposes "decency" as a more fitting ethical framework for providing support.

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Area of Science:

Bioethics
Disability Studies
Moral Philosophy

Background:

Disability is a complex phenomenon with defining, ubiquitous, mutable, context-dependent, and normative features.
Traditional notions of moral obligation and duty may not fully capture the ethical basis for assisting individuals with disabilities.

Purpose of the Study:

To analyze the moral meaning of "owing" in the context of disability.
To explore alternative ethical frameworks for understanding the moral propriety of helping those with disabilities.

Main Methods:

Philosophical analysis of moral duties and obligations.
Examination of the concept of "decency" as a moral principle.
Relating moral claims of disabled individuals to ethical frameworks.

Keywords:

Health Care and Public Health

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Main Results:

The concept of "owing" is insufficient to ground the moral imperative to help the disabled.
Disabilities possess multifaceted characteristics influencing their moral consideration.
Decency, defined as minimal concern for improving the welfare of others, offers a robust ethical basis for aiding the handicapped.

Conclusions:

Helping individuals with disabilities is morally appropriate based on decency, not obligation.
A nuanced understanding of disability's features is crucial for ethical engagement.
Decency provides a richer and more applicable moral framework for disability support.