Are the core values of the radiological protection system shared across cultures?

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12110%2F15%3A43891028" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12110/15:43891028 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146645316630169" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146645316630169</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146645316630169" target="_blank" >10.1177/0146645316630169</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Are the core values of the radiological protection system shared across cultures?

Original language description

In spite of ongoing globalisation in many fields, the ethics of radiological protection have long been discussed almost exclusively in terms of 'Western' moral philosophy concepts such as utilitarianism or deontology. A cross-cultural discourse in this field is only just beginning. In 'Principles of Biomedical Ethics', Beauchamp and Childress suggested that there exists a 'common morality' which is 'not relative to cultures or individuals, because it transcends both'. They proposed four cross-culturally valid principles for decision making in medicine: respect for autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence, and justice. A similar approach is being developed by the International Commission on Radiological Protection Task Group 94 on the ethics of radiological protection. Here, the core values are: human dignity, beneficence/non-maleficence, prudence, and justice. Other values could be added, such as consideration for the interests of society as a whole or the interests of future generations, or procedural values such as transparency and accountability; this paper will include a brief discussion on how they relate to the four basic principles. The main question to be addressed here, however, is whether the proposed core values are indeed part of a 'common morality'. This, as it will be argued, cannot be decided by a global opinion poll, but has to be based on an analysis of the written and oral traditions that have provided ethical orientation throughout history, and are still considered seminal by the majority of people. It turns out that there are indeed many commonalities across cultures, and that the concept of globally shared core values for the radiological protection system is not hopelessly idealistic.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AQ - Safety and health protection, safety in operating machinery

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/VG20132015122" target="_blank" >VG20132015122: Population protection with a view to differentiation within the population</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Annals of the ICRP

ISSN

0146-6453

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

45

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1 Suppl

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

358-372

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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