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⇑Biomedical and Healthcare Ethics at University of Leeds

Language: English Studies in English

Subject area: medicine, health care

University website: www.leeds.ac.uk

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Ethics

Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct. The term ethics derives from Ancient Greek ἠθικός (ethikos), from ἦθος (ethos), meaning 'habit, custom'. The branch of philosophy axiology comprises the sub-branches of ethics and aesthetics, each concerned with values.

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Strong ethics keep corporations healthy. Poor ethics make companies sick. Values are the immune system of every organisation.

Patrick Dixon, in Building a Better Business (2005), p. 131

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“I want to be good. I can’t bear the idea of my soul being hideous.”
“A very charming artistic basis for ethics, Dorian! I congratulate you on it.”

Oscar Wilde, Dorian and Lord Henry, The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. 8, p. 82

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Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking and inhumane.

Martin Luther King, Jr., Speech to the Second National Convention of the Medical Committee for Human Rights – Chicago (25 March 1966), as quoted in Dan Munro, "America's Forgotten Civil Right - Healthcare", Forbes (28 August 2013). See also: Amanda Moore, "Tracking Down Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Words on Health Care", Huffington Post (18 August 2013)

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