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    Autonomy and trust in professional ethics

    128659_12072_Milllett and Tapper Autonomy and Trust in Professional Ethics.pdf (131.2Kb)
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    Authors
    Millett, Stephan
    Tapper, Alan
    Date
    2009
    Type
    Conference Paper
    
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    Millett, Stephan and Tapper, Alan. 2009. Autonomy and trust in professional ethics, in Anna Corbo Creahan (ed), Professions in the Community, Jun 9 2009. Goulburn, NSW: Australian Association of Professional and Applied Ethics
    Source Title
    Proceedings of the 16th AAPAE Annual Conference [CDROM]
    Source Conference
    Professions in the Community
    ISBN
    978-1-86467-216-9
    Faculty
    John Curtin Institute of Public Policy (Research Institute)
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/13885
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    This paper examines recent discussions of the key ideas of autonomy and trust in the professional ethics literature. We argue that while there is a consensus on the nature of professions and professional ethics, there is no agreement on the philosophical basis of this consensus. Some authors, most notably in the bioethics field, derive professional ethics from general philosophical ethics. We argue that these derivations have so far been flawed, since any general ethics must apply equally to both professional and client, and thus it is difficult to see how the special obligations of professionals are grounded. We don't offer any solution to this problem, just a diagnosis of it.

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