Universal prescriptivism: traditional moral decision-making theory revisited.
Universal prescriptivism is a recently developed moral decision-making theory that combines utilitarian and Kantian theories with two levels of moral thinking. A combined approach offers a creative solution to the weaknesses inherent in traditional moral theories. The paper describes the theory and discusses important implications for nursing education, practical ethical decision-making, and research. The relationship of an ethical theory of caring to traditional moral theory is discussed.
Florida Hospital College of Health Sciences, Orlando 32803.
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D003657:Decision Making; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D009014:Morals; D010684:Philosophy; D014933:Women's Rights