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Title: A Philosophical Approach to Professional Ethics
Author(s): DE STEXHE, Guillaume
Journal: Ethical Perspectives
Volume: 4    Issue: 4   Date: December 1997   
Pages: 217-236
DOI: 10.2143/EP.4.4.562983

Abstract :
The remarks presented here are an attempt to elaborate a global approach, in a purely formal way, to professional ethics as a philosophical problem. Following a brief analysis of the link between practice and reflection (1), I form a general view of the ethical dimension of existence (2), then analyze some characteristics of modern professional activity (3) and conclude by stressing the necessity for giving shape — especially through institutions — to this ethical movement (4).

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