Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
non malfaisance
English translation:
non-maleficence
French term
non malfaisance
[L'Ethique] a pour mission essentielle d’éclairer les pratiques, les critiquer éventuellement en se fondant sur quelques principes universels, la non malfaisance, le respect de l’autonomie et de l’intérêt des personnes d’autant plus qu’elles sont vulnérables, la transparence de l’information, la justice distributive. Dans le domaine scientifique priment l’absence de manipulation des données, l’absence d’instrumentalisation des résultats au profit des seules retombées économiques, l’information claire sur les objectifs, en un mot la loyauté des chercheurs et des entreprises, vis à vis de la connaissance, ce qui est loin d’être malheureusement le cas dans un certain nombre de situations actuelles…
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Feb 21, 2012 20:25: cc in nyc Created KOG entry
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Proposed translations
nonmaleficence
non-malfaisance n. f.
Domaine(s) : - médecine
English non-maleficence
Définition : Principe d'éthique médicale selon lequel on ne doit pas nuire à autrui, que ce soit de façon délibérée ou par inadvertance.
http://www.granddictionnaire.com
On the English side, here's a medical definition from medilexicon:
nonmaleficence
1. The ethical principle of doing no harm, based on the Hippocratic maxim, primum non nocere, first do no harm.
http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=60976
Here's a quote from the "Medical Ethics" Wiki:
The concept of non-maleficence is embodied by the phrase, "first, do no harm," or the Latin, primum non nocere.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_ethics#Non-Maleficence
Also see:
Nonmaleficence, which derives from the maxim, is one of the principal precepts of medical ethics that all medical students are taught in medical school and is a fundamental principle for emergency medical services around the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primum_non_nocere
From the University of California Regents:
"Beneficence vs. Nonmaleficence"
http://missinglink.ucsf.edu/lm/ethics/Content Pages/fast_fac...
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Note added at 10 hrs (2012-02-18 20:29:35 GMT)
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@ ormiston: On second thought, I agree... I would probably use "non-maleficence" [with hyphen]. ;-)
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Note added at 11 hrs (2012-02-18 22:15:29 GMT)
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Also for your consideration, since the context is medical ("an article written by & for doctors"):
nonmaleficence [non-mah-lef´ĭ-sens]
a principle of bioethics that asserts an obligation not to inflict harm intentionally. It is useful in dealing with difficult issues surrounding the terminally or seriously ill and injured. Some philosophers combine nonmaleficence and beneficence, considering them a single principle.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
nonmaleficence
Medical ethics A central guiding principle of the ethical practice of medicine, first expressed by Hippocrates, and translated into Latin as primum non nocere, first do no harm
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/nonmaleficen...
| I have encountered both hence my posting. This is an article written by & for doctors . Non(hyphen) maleficence does look nicer to me. |
non-malfeasance
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B D Finch
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rkillings
: Is doing no harm the same as doing no evil? Does mens rea apply to both?
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