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© 2017 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. According to ancient tradition ethics aims at the good life. It is about how we live our lives well, about doing the right thing rather than the wrong thing; it’s about good and bad. Applied at the level of individuals, decisions about the person should be good decisions or the right decisions for that individual at that time. e two words ‘ethics’ and ‘morals’ are, to all intents and purposes, used synonymously despite semantic dierences. In this chapter, we shall sketch issues in dementia care that raise issues of right or wrong, good or bad. It should be noted, too, that ethics and morals are not just relevant to personal decisions, they relate to public policy too: ethics is the foundation of politics.
Author(s): Hughes JC, Strech D
Editor(s): Ames, D; O'Brien, JT; Burns, A;
Publication type: Book Chapter
Publication status: Published
Book Title: Dementia
Year: 2017
Pages: 339-343
Print publication date: 02/02/2017
Online publication date: 24/02/2017
Acceptance date: 01/01/1900
Edition: 5th
Publisher: CRC Press
Place Published: Boca Raton, FL, USA
URL: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315381572
DOI: 10.1201/9781315381572
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ISBN: 9781498703116