ethical principle
Rule of conduct
An ethical principle is a fundamental standard for determining right and wrong conduct.
Ethical principles guide moral reasoning and decision-making: The ethical principle of autonomy requires respecting patients' choices.
Common examples include honesty, fairness, and do no harm.
Unlike specific rules, principles are broad enough to apply across varied situations while still providing meaningful direction.
- do no harmAvoid causing injury
- utilitarianismGreatest-happiness moral theory
- moral reasoningEvaluating right and wrong
- right and wrongEthical distinction
- moral compassInner ethical guidance system
human rights · common good · deontology · conscience · cultural relativism · fairness · autonomy · non-maleficence · informed consent · empathy · accountability · code of conduct · justice · religious doctrines · consequentialism · lesser evil · altruism · moral high ground
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Sudden arbitrary desire
caprice · impulse · instinct · expedience · convenience
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Utter lack of principles
vice · moral transgression · depravity · wickedness · law of the jungle
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Prioritizing practicality over ethics
opportunism · self-interest · convenience · realpolitik · Machiavellianism
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