Principalism
Principalism, especially in the context of bioethics in the United States, has often been critiqued for raising the principle of autonomy to the highest place, such that it trumps all other principles or values. How would you rank the importance of each of the four principles? How do you believe they would be ordered in the context of the Christian biblical narrative? Refer to the lecture and topic readings in your response.
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Patient autonomy has greatly increased its significance over the years due to change in policy to facilitate patients’ choices by providing sufficient information to them (Rusthoven, and Bartholomew, 2014). Technological changes have been accompanied by the rise in ethical issues, therefore increasing the criticism of this concept.  Autonomy is a highly promoted…
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