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In this post we introduce “Professional Ethics” and the principles behind professional ethics.

So what are these principles? We’ll lets look at some possible universally held moral values:

1. We ought to allow everyone the right to express their views on ethical and political matters, right? This is called “The Principle of Respect for Persons and their Rights.” It is our duty to empower others by showing respect for their freedom and rights as free moral agents. Additionally we have a duty to promote the development of other people, and to be truthful and sincere with other people - honesty.

2. We probably shouldn’t discriminate against people with moral, cultural, political and religious views different from our own. “The Principle of Justice” or “Universal Fairness.” Duty of fairness or equity, to treat people with dignity, to avoid discrimination, abuse of prejudice. Test of universalisability - big word - if a “good” is available to you - it should be available to everyone.

3. It’s our duty to defend the rights of those who are too young or too weak to defend themselves. This is known as the “Principle of Beneficence”. Again we have a duty to do good to others (beneficence) and avoid doing them harm (non-maleficence). There exists a duty of advocacy.

That’s it for the ethics side of things, we now move into Professional Ethics!