People’s values are made up of beliefs that hold emotional worth, importance, and usefulness. Often, values are understood as a group of accepted principles or the standards of a person or group. Values can motivate a person to act in a certain way, and form the base of one’s character and personality. What a person […]
Massage therapists’ ethics influence how they behave in professional practice and how fully they comply with regulations. A historical perspective helps one understand ethics. Philosophers have long sought to understand the origins of ethics, the factors that motivate humans to be moral, and the ways in which humans determine ethical values. Massage therapists need to
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Almost all major religions and cultures embrace some version of “The Golden Rule,” a fundamental ethical principle on which the modern concept of human rights is based (Fig. 6-2). Imagine what our world would be like if most people didn’t practice this basic ethical principle. Likely, the world would be in a state of complete
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Ethics is a major branch of philosophy exploring values, morals, right and wrong, good and evil, and responsibility. Also called moral philosophy, ethics is a system of principles determining appropriate conduct for an individual or group. It is concerned with values and the standards by which human actions can be judged right or wrong. Ethics
Massage is still an emerging profession, and its public acceptance depends on therapists’ steadfast commitment to ethical standards and the law. Scroll through the slides below to find out what you’ll learn in this chapter. (Note: Topics in this chapter are closely related to Chapter 7 and Chapter 8.) Lesson 6-1: EthicsThis chapter investigates the
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