Codes of Ethics: Why we also Need Practical Wisdom

Singer, Peter: Practical Ethics, (second edition), Cambridge University Press, 1993

For instance: How do I draw a line between those likely to be affected by my proposed action and those not? How do I compare the effect on one person with the effect on another?

Deontology comes from the Greek word for duty: deon

For an account of this case, see (for instance)Beauchamp & Childress: Principles of Biomedical Ethics, Oxford University Press, 1989

Bloch S Chodoff P . (eds) Psychiatric Ethics, 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press, 1991

I take these functions from the Preamble to the Code of Ethics of The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists.