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Is there such a thing as midwifery ethics? Yes, there is. As human beings (moral agents), midwives are to be ethical, moral, responsible persons and professionals. Midwives work in moral relationships with other persons. They serve by the moral standards of their profession as now embodied in written codes of ethics, a profession that is part of the larger health care profession. As part of the professional world, midwives participate in the general standard that to be professional is to be ethical and to be unethical is to be unprofessional. The professions, in turn, are part of what Erich Fromm calls >human ethics<. If midwives are to be ethical, we suggest they need to understand ethics and to reason morally. Better health care for all is the result.
The main purpose of this paper is to found an educational basis of consumer education in the Japanese school system. The basis will be formed by what is called >consumption ethics<. Recently it has been pointed out that society has to re-evaluate its value judgements of daily life. Education has the ability to influence future generations' global awareness. The steps towards improving our crisis situation must begin with a combination of consumer education and environmental education. The function of education cannot be emphasized enough in that it has the ability to alter morals, values, ways of thinking and the social system. But the goal of saving our lives cannot be actualized without real ideas. Hence there is a need to establish >consumer ethics<. These new ideas should be based on the establishment of >consumption ethics<.
Elöszó
(1996)
Introduzione
(1996)
Prefazione
(1996)
Slowo od wydawcy
(1996)
A reflective appraisal.
(1996)