Moral principle
refers to a fundamental rule of moral THE PRINCIPLE OF JUSTICE
law containing certain truth
THE PRINCIPLE OF BENEFICENCE
provides that good must be done
either to oneself or to others
fundamental moral principle binds and
urges everyone to do what is good and
perform for good as a moral obligation
It mandates the right of very human
person to the preservation of life
THE PRINCIPLE OF NON-MALEFICENCE
provides that evil or harm should not
be inflicted either on oneself or on others
fundamental moral principle binds and
urges everyone to avoid inflicting harm as a
moral obligation
It mandates the right not to be killed,
right not to have bodily injury, or pain
THE PRINCIPLE OF DOUBLE EFFECT
For an act to be good, it must be good
in all its moral determinants.
A defect in any one of them renders
the act evil and is morally prohibited
Not infrequently, a single act done
produces two or more effects.
PRINCIPLE OF INDIRECT VOLUNTARY ACT
Aside from an act with two effects –
one, good as directly intended and the
other, evil as unintended – there is also an
act that is directly intended with an evil
effect that is not directly intended though
foreseen or foreseeable.
THE PRINCIPLE OF STEWARDSHIP
Man enjoys superiority and supremacy
over all creatures, over all the earth.
Refers to the expression of one’s
responsibility to take care of, nurture and
cultivate what has been entrusted to him.
refers to the execution of
responsibility of the health care
practitioners to look after, provide
necessary health care services, and
promote the health a and life of those
entrusted to their care.
simply means the rendering of what is
one’s due
refers to a moral principle by which
certain actions are determined and deemed
as just or unjust, as due or undue.
THE MEDICAL SUCCESS PRINCIPLE
priority to those for whom treatment
has the highest probability of medical
success
Limitations: This principle may
overlook the real existing need for
immediate health care intervention among
other patients.
THE PRINCIPLE OF IMMEDIATE
USEFULNESS
priority to the candidate who is of
greatest immediate service to the larger
group under the circumstances
Limitation: What if there are patients
other than the social worker or the
community leader whose needs require
emergency treatment.
THE PRINCIPLE OF CONSERVATION
priority to those candidates who
require proportionally smaller amount of
resources and therefore more lives would
be saved.
Limitation: Patients in dire need of
bigger amount of health care resources by
reason of their serious condition are
excluded from the health care benefits.
THE PARENTAL ROLE PRINCIPLE
priority to those who have the largest
responsibility to dependents.
Limitation: This principle can be
contested with a pathological condition
that necessitates instantaneous medical
treatment.
THE PRINCIPLE OF GENERAL SOCIAL VALUE
gives priority to those believed to have
the greatest general social worth thus
leading to the good of society.
Limitation: an ordinary citizen who
urgently needs health care services due to a
severe medical condition will have to wait
in favor of the one looked up as having a
general social value whose condition may
not be as serious as that of the ordinary
patient.
THE PRINCIPLE OF SAVING NO ONE
gives priority to no one because not all can
be saved.
Limitation: This is a tangible denial of
health care to all those who need it.
THE PRINCIPLE OF MEDICAL NEEDINESS
gives priority to the candidates with
the most pressing medical needs. Patients
who are the most seriously ill
Limitation¨ It may draw waste of
health care resources when the most
seriously ill patients who are the recipients
are not able to recover and survive after all.
THE PRINCIPLE OF GENERAL NEEDINESS
gives priority to the most helpless or
generally neediest in an attempt to bring
them as nearly as possible to the level of
well-being equal to that enjoyed by others.
Limitation: Like the other cases, what
if the poorest candidate does not have a
pressing medical need as compared to a
middle class patient
THE PRINCIPLE OF FIRST COME, FIRST
SERVED BASIS
gives priority to those who arrive first.
This principle is practical. It may
apparently convey a message of giving one
what is his due as determined by the time
he arrives
Limitation: This principle runs
counter to the principle of medical
neediness along with others. It may also
take place at the expense of emergency
cases.
THE PRINCIPLE OF RANDOM SELECTION
gives priority to those selected by
chance or random. The candidate chosen
in a lottery receives the resource.
Limitation: It is a “hit or miss”
attempt to distribute the scarce health
resources to those whose competing claims
should prevail as necessary which may
redound to wasted opportunity for medical
success.
THE PRINCIPLE OF COOPERATION
Cooperation comes from the Latin
word cum which means with,’ and operari
which means “to work.”
Cooperation is working with another in
the performance of an action.
THE PRINCIPLE OF TOTALITY
The whole implies the existence of
its parts. The existence of parts indicates
the existence of the whole
THE PRINCIPLE OF SUBSIDIARITY
In dealing with social life, one may
realize how important it is to have his right
respected and upheld
The principle of subsidiary
is a kind of sociological discipline
adhered to and advocated by the Church.
Its moral implication is embedded in its
meaning.
The Principle of Inviolability of Human
Life
Since life is God’s and the human is
only a steward. It is understandable that
life might be viewed as sacred or inviolable.
The Principle of Sexuality and Procreation.