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Similarities and differences between Legislation and Ethics

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Similarities and differences between Legislation and Ethics

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SIMILARITIES
-Both are concerned with what a particular society views as right and wrong; good and bad
-Both are forms of social control, using rules, principles and standards to prescribe behaviour and so determine what kinds of actions are prohibited, permitted or required
-Both have common roots that can be traced back to custom or practice and also Judaeo-Christian religious traditions
-Both influence the formulation of codes of professional conduct and the circulars and guidelines regulating health-care practice --Both reflect and respond to changes in society’s value system
DIFFERENCES
-Some ethical principles are too vague to be translated into law, or the law may not be an appropriate tool for enforcing a moral idea – English law does not force people to be Good Samaritans
-Moral values are personal to the individual and are not always shared; legal rules affect everybody (or a particular group) without exception.
-Breach of a moral rule does not necessarily involve a formal or official sanction, but breach of a legal rule will nearly always ultimately result in a sanction of some sort
-The law is enforceable in court; morality does not necessarily attract legal sanctions (unless it also involves a breach of the law)

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Found in the Laws and Ethics Foundations in Nursing, 2004, pg 20

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Similarities and Differences between legislation and ethics

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Gaius Osman Nabieu

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Similarities between Legislation and Ethics 

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Similarities between Legislation and Ethics 

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Both are normative i.e they tell us how we ought to behave.

Both share a common vocabulary i.e terms such as rights, duties, responsibilities, obligations, and concepts such as fairness, justice, and equality.

Both are forms of social control using rules, principles, and standards to prescribe behaviour and so determine what kind of actions are prohibited, permitted, or required.

Differences between Legislation and Ethics

Breach of a moral rule does not necessarily involve a formal or official sanction, but breach of a legal rule will nearly always ultimately result in a sanction of some sort.

Moral values are personal to the individual and are not always shared, legal rules affect everybody ( or a particular group ) without exception.

The law is enforceable in court, morality does not necessarily attract legal sanctions (unless it also involves a breach of the law).

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Similarities between Law and Ethics
Both reflect and respond to changes in society's value system.

Both helps us recognize the value placed by society on health and expectations we have of health professionals.

Differences between Law and Ethics
The law is enforced in court ; morally does not necessarily attract legal sanctions.

Moral values are personal to the individual and are not always shared; legal rules affect everybody.