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Ethics for Radiation Medicine Professionals
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Aristotle 384-322 BC
•“Man is a social/political animal” –famous quote.
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Aristotle took a more observational approach to the
elucidation of ethics and ethical behaviour.
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Identifies good (the characteristic of virtues) with happiness.
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We exhibit rationality in thinking (intellectual virtues) and in
actions (moral virtues).
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We are not born as virtuous but we can be trained to be so.