Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Green Templeton College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
J Med Ethics. 2019 Dec;45(12):784-785. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2019-105878. Epub 2019 Oct 31.
Rosamond Rhodes contends, by reference to seven examples, that medical ethics is distinctly different from non-medical ethics. Each of those examples, on proper examination, illustrates precisely the opposite contention. It is clear not only that medical ethics relies on the same principles as non-medical (and indeed non-professional) ethics, but that it should so rely. A distinctively medical ethics would be dangerous: it would divorce ethical medical decision-making from the patients whom medicine exists to serve.
罗莎蒙德·罗兹（Rosamond Rhodes）引用了七个例子，认为医学伦理学与非医学伦理学明显不同。但经过恰当的审查，这些例子恰恰说明了相反的论点。很明显，医学伦理学不仅依赖于非医学（甚至非专业）伦理学的相同原则，而且应该如此。一种独特的医学伦理学是危险的：它将使医学决策与医学为之服务的患者脱节。
