The study of right or wrong actions, including morality, immorality, positive and negative values, laws of beneficence, choice, compliance, rules and regulations
Ethos of man as man
He is able to distinguish between good and evil, right or wrong, moral or immoral
He feels within himself an obligation to do what is good and to avoid what is evil
He feels himself responsible for his actions, expecting reward or punishment
Man is endowed by nature with a moral sense and submits to the study of doing what is good and avoiding what is wrong
Ethics is the science of the morality of human acts, reflecting the motives of the doer
Ethics is the study of human motivation and rational behavior
Ethics is the practical science of morality of human conduct
Human acts
Actions performed by man, knowingly and freely, also called deliberate, intentional or voluntary actions
Morality
The quality of human acts by which they are constituted as good, bad or indifferent
Moral
That which is good
Immoral
That which is bad
Amoral
That which is indifferent, in between moral and immoral
Norm of morality
The relation between human acts and the standards of morality
Virtuous
Having the habit or inclination to do good
Vicious
Having the habit of doing wrong
Eternal law
Divine reason, from God
Conscience
Human reason
Morality
A human standard based on natural law, embedded in man's conscience, guiding him to do good and avoid evil
Immorality
Doing an act contrary to good conscience
Moral turpitude
Everything done contrary to justice or good morals
Immoral conduct
Willful, flagrant conduct that shows moral influence against the opinion of the good and respectable members of the community
Moral character
What a person really is, not what he or others think he is
Ethics provides the moral foundation in the study of medical technology to guide the student throughout their life
Without governing rules, the practice of medical technology could lead to failure, anarchy, rioting, lawbreaking, defiance, aggression, and antagonism
Medical technology ethics will guard against abuses and ills of the profession such as dishonesty, deceit, immorality, negligence, slothfulness, lack of diligence, and other forms of malpractice
Basis of medical technology ethics
1968 Code of Ethics of Medical Technologist (PAMET)
Revised 1992 Code of Ethics under Marilyn Atienza
Philippine Medical Technology Act of 1969
Revised Medical Technology Code of Ethics of March 7, 1997 under Norma Nuñez Chang
Medical technology ethics is the branch of moral science that treats the duties a medical technologist owes to their patient, colleagues, and the public
Health
The state of being in which an individual does the best with the capacities they have and acts in ways that maximize their capacities
Health is commonly defined in terms of standard physiological parameters, but what is healthy for one individual may not indicate health for another
Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Health
Defined by a model of what is physiologically usual or average