A FRAMEWORK FOR ETHICAL DECISION MAKING

A Framework for Ethical Decision Making



A Framework for Ethical Decision Making

Introduction

Ethical decision making is a cognitive process that considers various ethical principles, rules, and virtues or the maintenance of relationships to guide or judge individual or group decisions or intended actions (Beauchamp & Bowie, 2004). It helps one determine the right course of action or the right thing to do and also enables one to analyze whether another's decisions or actions are right or good. It seeks to answer questions about how one is supposed to act or live.

A Framework for Ethical Decision Making

Many ethics ...