A cross-cultural approach to radiation ethics

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Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-045015-5.00004-6" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-045015-5.00004-6</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-045015-5.00004-6" target="_blank" >10.1016/B978-0-08-045015-5.00004-6</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
A cross-cultural approach to radiation ethics
Original language description
In spite of the on-going globalization in many fields, the ethics of radiation protection is still discussed almost exclusively in terms of concepts of "Westernů moral philosophy such as utilitarianism or deontology. A cross-cultural discourse in this field is only beginning. Beauchamp and Childress in their "Principles of Biomedical Ethics" suggest that there exists a "common morality" which is "not relative to cultures or individuals, because it transcends both". They propose four cross-culturally valid principles for decision making in medicine: respect for autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence, and justice. I suggest that their approach can serve as a model for radiation protection as well. The four principles can form an alternative ethical basisfor the recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection. I also propose three additional principles that seem to be of relevance, namely concern for the underprivileged, intergenerational equity, and precaution
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
AQ - Safety and health protection, safety in operating machinery
OECD FORD branch
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Publication year
2013
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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