Abstract
Kantian Deontological Ethics concerns itself with the will as grounded in universalisable maxims. Such maxims are in turn based on rationally conceived laws that, in a professional setting, find expression in the autonomously made agreements constituting professional protocols and regulations. When applied to a case-study wherein public safety has been possibly jeopardised by company products, we can argue for priority in the agreed-to responsibility towards the good of professional autonomy, expressed as a rational mandate of nondisclosure of confidential product information, over that of the good of public safety. This priority persists regardless of whether the good of truth, such as the disclosure of confidential product information, has its value grounded in itself or the good of safety. Nevertheless, company and individual professional responsibility may prioritise safety over autonomy, but how this prioritisation is made must be sensitive to the autonomously willed choice of the employed professional.
About the Author
Iñaki Xavier Larrauri Pertierra holds an MA in Philosophy from The University of Notre Dame, Australia. He is currently completing his MRes in Philosophy at Macquarie University with a focus on Ernest Sosa's Epistemology.
Recommended Citation
Larrauri Pertierra, Iñaki Xavier
(2019)
"Professional Responsibility: A Deontological Case-Study Approach,"
Solidarity: The Journal of Catholic Social Thought and Secular Ethics: Vol. 8
:
Iss.
2
, Article 6.
Available at:
https://researchonline.nd.edu.au/solidarity/vol8/iss2/6