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ArticleMedicine, health care, and philosophy2026

A foundational perspective of deontology and deontological codes through Paul Ricoeur´s "little ethics".

Nuno Ribeiro Ferreira, Pedro Bicho, Américo Pereira, Rui Nunes

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Nuno Ribeiro FerreiraBioethics Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319, Porto, Portugal. nunoribferreira@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5998-3086
Pedro BichoSchool of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon, Alameda da Universidade, 1600-214, Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-0834-3415
Américo PereiraFaculty of Human Sciences, Catholic University of Portugal (UCP), Palma de Cima Campus, Palma de Cima, 1649-023, Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0874-689X
Rui NunesBioethics Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro, 4200-319, Porto, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1377-9899

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Paul Ricoeur's ethics comprises three distinct moments where it is possible to recognize the influences of Aristotle, Kant, Rawls and an original ricoeurian moment of practical wisdom, where the concept of phronesis is rehabilitated. When reflecting on medical practices, Ricoeur distinguishes, in continuity with his triadic ethics, three levels of judgment: the prudential and ethical level concerning the singularity of the clinical encounter that is essential for establishing a pact of trust, the formal and moral level where deontological codes emerge and the reflexive level where the two previous judgments become legitimated. Our aim with this paper is, through Paul Ricoeur´s ethics, to perspective deontology and deontological codes as a broader set of implicit philosophical and anthropological conceptions, rooted in the clinical encounter, that constitute a theoretical and foundational background for medical rules and norms.

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Codes of EthicsEthics, MedicalPhilosophy, MedicalHumansDeontologyEthicsMedical judgmentPaul RicoeurPhronesisTeleology

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