What is it about?
This is the first article to critique the ethical principles held dear by mental health professionals. It proposes that the ethical principle of autonomy is out-of-sync with the relational nature of the other principles. Importantly, it defines the concept of "accordance" as a logical replacement for autonomy and one that is aligned with a more relational framework for ethics.
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Why is it important?
It applies social constructivism philosophy to a critique of the established ethical principles in counseling and psychotherapy.
Perspectives
This is a crucial work as it is the first to critique the concept of autonomy on theoretical and philosophical grounds.
University of Missouri Curators' Distinguished Professor Robert Rocco Cottone
University of Missouri St. Louis
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This page is a summary of: On Replacing the Ethical Principle of Autonomy With an Ethical Principle of Accordance, Counseling and Values, October 2014, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-007x.2014.00054.x.
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