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Proponents of principlism advocate the employment of moral principles to resolve ethical dilemmas. A set of prima facie binding principles offered for use in biomedical ethics is a popular example of principlism. These principles include respect for autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence and justice; the requirements of these principles is discussed. A significant problem with principlism occurs when two respected relevant ethical principles conflict and we are unable to honor one without violating the other.
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Steinberg, D. (2020). Principlism. In: The Multidisciplinary Nature of Morality and Applied Ethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45680-1_13
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