덕 윤리와 의학전문직업성의 관련성

Abstract

The goal of medical education depends on the end of the medicine. The end of medicine is to found in the process in which medical doctors seek for their identity. On the one hand, medical community accepts what their society asks for them and acts as one in order to protect its interest. One the other hand, it punishes those who violates moral code and insult the status of doctor in order to keep its integrity. This paper deals with the relationship between medical professionalism and virtue ethics. First, it finds moral characteristics which are expected from medical profession. Second, it discusses on the purpose of medical education based on the analysis of the relationship between medical professionalism and virtue ethics. In order to discuss on virtues of medical professionalism, it is necessary to know its nature and characteristics of primary activity. Virtues helps the medical profession to realize and accomplish its end whereas vices deter the realization of its end. The relationship between medical professionalism and virtue is defined through three characteristics. First, virtue ethics emphasizes the process in the moral agent interprets moral principles, choose the primary values, and makes good judgments. Second, deontology and utilitarianism overlooks the possibility of extraordinarily good actions. But,altruism and compassion toward the sick is somewhat built in medical profession. Virtue ethics is proper to explain moral characteristics of medical profession. Third, virtue ethics promotes moral sensitivity and helps to built moral habits among future medical professionals. Good doctors who built moral characteristics easily identify what is morally good action and what is not.