Fostering Ethical Willingness: Integrating Emotional and Contextual Awareness With Rational Analysis

Ethical dilemmas are inherently challenging. By definition, clinicians decide between conflicting principles of welfare and naturally confront competing pulls and inclinations. This investigation of students' responses to an ethical scenario highlights how emotions and concerns can interfere wi...

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Veröffentlicht in:Professional psychology, research and practice research and practice, 1999-06, Vol.30 (3), p.295-301
Hauptverfasser: Betan, Ephi J, Stanton, Annette L
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Ethical dilemmas are inherently challenging. By definition, clinicians decide between conflicting principles of welfare and naturally confront competing pulls and inclinations. This investigation of students' responses to an ethical scenario highlights how emotions and concerns can interfere with willingness to implement ethical knowledge. Clear-cut rules are the exception in psychotherapy, and clinicians must judge ethical issues on the basis of the unique context of each case. As such, subjectivity and emotional involvement are essential tools for determining ethical action, but they must be integrated with rational analysis. Strategies for attending to influential emotions and contextual factors in order to mobilize ethical commitment are described.
ISSN:0735-7028
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DOI:10.1037/0735-7028.30.3.295