Does it Make Sense to Speak about Conscience Today?
Authors:
M. Munzarová
Authors‘ workplace:
Ústav lékařské etiky LF MU, Brno, vedoucí doc. MUDr. M. Munzarová, CSc.
Published in:
Prakt. Lék. 2000; (3): 152-154
Category:
Overview
The article is devoted to the term conscience, to the history of this term and to the followingquestions: Is the conscience really infallible? Has everybody his own truth - according to hisown conscience? It is possible in our pluralistic society to find consensus in ethical matters? Itis - within the physician-patient relationship necessary to respect autonomy of the other evenif it is not in consent to the conscience and to the integrity of person?
Key words:
conscience - synteresis - consensus - truth - autonomy.
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2000 Issue 3
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