{"id":16904,"date":"1984-12-01T13:21:00","date_gmt":"1984-12-01T21:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=16904"},"modified":"2024-11-27T14:01:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T22:01:44","slug":"editorial-conscience-virtue-integrity-and-medical-ethics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=16904","title":{"rendered":"(Editorial) Conscience, virtue, integrity and medical ethics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Journal of Medical Ethics<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"172\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/jmedicalethics.jpg\" alt=\"Journal of Medical Ethics\" class=\"wp-image-11057\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Journal of Medical Ethics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Extract<\/strong><br>. . . Conscience, for example, turns out to be an ambiguous concept. On the one hand is the concept of an unthinking but morally controlling force within us telling us what we should do and not do. . . The second concept of conscience corresponds to the . . . corresponds to many analyses of conscience in the theological and philosophical literature in which conscience is an essentially rational faculty . . . Thus it is immediately clear that claims for the adequacy of a good conscience for medical ethics must make clear which of these two concepts of conscience is intended. . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>JME. (Editorial) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC1375093\/pdf\/jmedeth00251-0005.pdf\">Conscience, virtue, integrity and medical ethics<\/a>. J Med Ethics. 1984 Dec;10(4):171-172.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Journal of Medical Ethics Extract. . . 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