act/omissions doctrine — acts/omissions doctrine … Philosophy dictionary
omissions — See acts/omissions doctrine … Philosophy dictionary
Acts of the Apostles — • The fifth book of the New Testament Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Acts of the Apostles Acts of the Apostles † … Catholic encyclopedia
continuous treatment doctrine — Under this doctrine, the time in which to bring a medical malpractice action is stayed when the course of treatment which includes wrongful acts or omissions has run continuously and is related to the same original condition or complaint. Lomber… … Black's law dictionary
continuous treatment doctrine — Under this doctrine, the time in which to bring a medical malpractice action is stayed when the course of treatment which includes wrongful acts or omissions has run continuously and is related to the same original condition or complaint. Lomber… … Black's law dictionary
trolley problem — Problem in ethics posed by the English philosopher Philippa Foot in her ‘The Problem of Abortion and the Doctrine of the Double Effect’ (Oxford Review, 1967). A runaway train or trolley comes to a branch in the track. One person is working on one … Philosophy dictionary
deceit — The intentional attempt to mislead people. It gives rise to questions of definition (separating it from such neighbours as exaggeration, irony, parody) and to questions of justification. Many moral traditions separate the deliberate lie from the… … Philosophy dictionary
euthanasia, active/passive — Euthanasia is the action of directly causing the quick and painless death of a person, or omitting to prevent it when intervention was within the agent s powers. It is usually understood that euthanasia is performed only with the intention of… … Philosophy dictionary
immunity — im·mu·ni·ty /i myü nə tē/ n pl ties [Latin immunitas, from immunis exempt from public service, exempt, from in non + munis (from munia services)] 1: exemption from a duty or liability that is granted by law to a person or class of persons a… … Law dictionary
ethics — /eth iks/, n.pl. 1. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture. 2. the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics;… … Universalium
