Thank you for your insight. Great post! You mentioned that autonomy would be of the utmost importance to you and I believe that the majority would agree. There always needs to be that respect for one’s beliefs and morals, regardless of your own. Respect for autonomy or respect for persons has tended to be the leading principle of biomedical ethics or research ethics. However, the goal in moral decision-making is ultimately to balance each of the four principles recognizing that there is no set order of principles. It is important to remember that one or more moral principles may override one or more of the other moral principles depending on the circumstances as each circumstance can be unique.
