Question

How do ethical principles overlap with legal principles? For example, informed consent is the legal application of autonomy. Are other legal principles the outgrowth of ethical principles? Which takes precedence should the principles overlap?

Answer 1

Principles are the framework or boundary which would make the individual to follow certain things to have the better development. Similarly the ethical principles are those which provides the base to how to deal with the profession and legal principles too guide. The legal and ethical principals are always integrated as told the example in the question the ethical principle is autonomy and an issue when freedom is not given and known as informed consent. The ethical principles are the one which gives rise to the legal principles as this shows the application of principle other example of ethical rinciple is beneficence when applied in legal can be negligence. Another is the privacy and confidentiality in ethics and when applied is invasion of privacy and personal information. The both principles are integrated and overlaps and if any of one principle lacks other becomes the issue.