COUN226 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Primum Non Nocere, Family Therapy, Virtue Ethics
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Morality: the moral refers to the goodness or badness of behaviour, ethics is an objective inquiry about behaviour. Law vs. ethics: law defines the minimum standards society will tolerate and is enforced by government, ethics represents the ideal standards set and is enforced by professional associations. Pri(cid:374)(cid:272)iple (cid:448)s. virtue ethi(cid:272)s: (cid:862)is (cid:449)hat i a(cid:373) doing u(cid:374)ethi(cid:272)al? (cid:863) (cid:448)s. (cid:862)a(cid:373) i ethi(cid:272)al? (cid:863) Basic moral principles: autonomy: to promote self-determination, beneficence: to do good for others and promote the well-being of clients, non-maleficence: to avoid doing harm, veracity: to be truthful and deal honestly with clients. Justice: to be fair by giving equally to others and to treat others justly. Fidelity: to make realistic commitments and keep these promises. Self-care: essential to deliver the above, and avoid burnout. Spectrum of differences that exists among groups of people with definable and unique cultural backgrounds. Cultural tunnel vision: perception of reality based on a very limited set of cultural experiences.
