The theory of professional obligations.
The ethics of duty and of what is morally right or wrong.
A system of ethical decision making that considers the intrinsic moral significance of an action as the basis of decisions.
The study of ethics and correct behavior or duty. In medicine this includes consideration of the proper behavior of a doctor toward his patient, whether a patient should be told if his condition is fatal or not, and similar problems for which there may be no written guidelines. The best-known code of conduct is the Hippocraticoath.
System of ethical decision making that is based on moral rules and unchanging principles.