Maio G
Institute for the History of Medicine and Science, Medical University of Lübeck, Germany.
Med Health Care Philos. 1999;2(2):181-7. doi: 10.1023/a:1009901419932.
The writings of the Scottish physician and philosopher John Gregory play an important role in the modern codification of medical ethics. It is therefore appropriate to use his work as a historical example in approaching the question how elements of aesthetics were incorporated in 18th century medical ethics. The concept of a "Gentleman" is pivotal to the entire medical ethics of John Gregory as it provides him with the ethical source of the duty to patients. Gregory makes the trustworthiness of the physician a central point of his medical ethics, and it is in this context that Gregory declares good manners as an essential moral quality of a physician. This paper delineates how good manners are ethically justified in Gregory's medical ethics and concludes with an exploration of the importance of Gregory's conception for present day reflection on the inherence of aesthetics in ethical determinations.
苏格兰医生兼哲学家约翰·格雷戈里的著作在现代医学伦理编纂中发挥了重要作用。因此，将他的作品作为一个历史实例，用以探讨美学元素是如何融入18世纪医学伦理的问题，是恰当的。“绅士”概念对于约翰·格雷戈里的整个医学伦理至关重要，因为它为他提供了对患者责任的伦理来源。格雷戈里将医生的可信赖性作为其医学伦理的核心要点，正是在这一背景下，格雷戈里宣称良好的举止是医生的一项基本道德品质。本文阐述了在格雷戈里的医学伦理中良好举止如何在伦理上得到正当性证明，并在结尾探讨了格雷戈里的观念对于当今思考美学在伦理判定中的内在性的重要性。
