(n.) The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerting duty, whether true or false; rules of practice in respect to a single class of human actions; as, political or social ethics; medical ethics.
Example Sentences:
(1) A reduction in neonatal deaths from this cause might be expected if facilities for antenatal diagnosis and termination of pregnancy were made available, although this raises grave ethical problems.
(2) Dilemmas of trust, confidentiality, and professional competence highlight the limits of professional ethical codes.
(3) Although individual IRB chairpersons and oncology investigators may have important differences of opinion concerning the ethics of phase I trials, these disagreements do not represent a widespread area of ethical conflict in clinical research.
(4) In view of many ethical and legal problems, connected in some countries with obtaining human fetal tissue for transplantation, cross-species transplants would be an attractive alternative.
(5) However, civil society groups have raised concerns about the ethics of providing ‘climate loans’ which increase the country’s debt burden.
(6) But she says she is totally convinced that, as a public broadcaster, RAI has an ethical responsibility to start showing women in a more realistic light.
(7) Ethical, legal, and practical implications of this problem are discussed.
(8) Given the liberalist context in which we live, this paper argues that an act-oriented ethics is inadequate and that only a virtue-oriented ethics enables us to recognize and resolve the new problems ahead of us in genetic manipulation.
(9) Several recommendations, based upon the results of this survey study, the existing literature relevant to the ethical responsibilities of investigators who conduct research with children, and our own experiences with these instruments and populations, are made to assist researchers in their attempts to use these inventories in an ethical manner.
(10) Chapter three consists of the methodology: sample, setting, design, data analysis methods, and ethical concerns.
(11) when a family is in conflict often creates a serious ethical dilemma for the family physician.
(12) It seeks to acquaint them with 'ethical' arguments against their work which, because they are simple and plausible, persuade many people.
(13) Pioneers (41% of Britons) are global, networked, like innovation and believe in the importance of ethics.
(14) The question of ethics inevitably arises, and should be considered before a concrete situation arises which leaves no time for reflection.
(15) Respondents did not deal with the simulated ethical problems in a uniform manner and often tended to respond more to specific details of a case rather than the overall ethical dilemma posed.
(16) The establishment of an ethical watchdog group to monitor biomedical research was a major recommendation in the preliminary report of the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research.
(17) Justice Hiley later suggested the conduct required by a doctor outside of his profession, as Chapman was describing it, was perhaps a “broad generality” and not specific enough “to create an ethical obligation.” “It’s no broader than the Hippocratic oath,” Chapman said in her reply.
(18) Because many of these issues are unresolved, it is important for health professionals to be aware of current professional standards and guidelines, as well as to consult with the hospital's attorney or risk manager when confronted with a legal or ethical dilemma.
(19) Abbott's comments on Wednesday morning followed a pledge from Yudhoyono on Tuesday night to restore normal bilateral relations if Australia signed up to a new code of ethics on intelligence sharing.
(20) Although Menzies, et al., report that survival rates are higher than previously expected and that in most cases the children's and parents' lives appear not to be excessively burdensome, the Working Group contends that there "continues to be ethical justification for selective treatment" of such newborns.
Judiciousness
Definition:
(n.) The quality or state of being judicious; sagacity; sound judgment.
Example Sentences:
(1) He added: "There is a rigorous review process of applications submitted by the executive branch, spearheaded initially by five judicial branch lawyers who are national security experts and then by the judges, to ensure that the court's authorizations comport with what the applicable statutes authorize."
(2) The morbidity is well known and if properly anticipated can be reduced to a minimum by judicious use of antibacterial agents and early surgical intervention when appropriate.
(3) If Lagarde had been placed under formal investigation in the Tapie case, it would have risked weakening her position and further embarrassing both the IMF and France by heaping more judicial worries on a key figure on the international stage.
(4) We now look forward to a judicial process which will apply impartial analysis and clear legal standards."
(5) Although the general guiding principle of pharmacotherapy for anxiety disorders--the lowest effective dose for the shortest possible time--remains, this rule should not interfere with the judicious use of medications as long as the benefits justify it.
(6) He can appoint Garland to the supreme court, and even push through the other 58 federal judicial nominees that are pending.
(7) We urge junior doctors to look at the detail of the contract and the clear benefits it brings.” The judicial review is based on the fact that the government appears to have failed to carry out an equality impact assessment (EIA), as required under the Equality Act 2010, before its decision to impose a new contract on junior doctors in England, the BMA said.
(8) However, there would be a post facto judicial review of revocations that fall in that category.
(9) The current president of the supreme court, Lord Phillips, who steps down at the end of September, welcomed his successor, praising his "wealth of judicial experience" and "ability to lead a collegiate court".
(10) But critics say that bringing the judicial system under political control will do nothing to improve its efficiency, and instead will leave judges dependent on political patronage and subject to political pressure.
(11) She recently collaborated on two damning reports into punitive house burnings and extra-judicial killings in Chechnya, allegedly carried out by Kadyrov's forces.
(12) Judicious use of CPPV may result in an apparent improvement of shock lung in some instances.
(13) Aggressive therapy with intravenous fluids and potassium and the judicious use of insulin, in conjunction with careful monitoring of central venous pressure and urine output, form the mainstays of treatment.
(14) But, in a hearing to decide whether there should be a judicial review against the council, a high court judge found that the council had wide powers to disqualify such people from the housing list.
(15) In 2004, the dispute settlement body , the "judicial branch" of the WTO, ruled that the US had to reform its cotton subsidies or face "retaliation" from Brazil.
(16) The almost-Orwellian technology that enables the government to store and analyze the phone metadata of every telephone user in the United States is unlike anything that could have been conceived in 1979 [...] I cannot imagine a more "indiscriminate" and "arbitrary invasion" than this systematic and high-tech collection and retention of personal data on virtually every single citizen for purposes of querying and analyzing it without prior judicial approval.
(17) Futhermore, these optimal characteristics can be approximated by a judiciously D2O moderated and 10B-filtered 252Cf neutron source.
(18) After a brief presentation of methods for the treatment of carcinomas of the lower lip, the author describes a new surgical technique which is a judicious modification to the procedure indicated by Webster and Bernard.
(19) Transfusions should be used judiciously in patients with symptomatic anemia who are likely to benefit from increased oxygen delivery after transfusion.
(20) In a recent decision, Commonwealth v. Kobrin, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that a psychiatrist being investigated for possible Medicaid fraud did not have to turn over all of his notes concerning therapy sessions.