Sandu Antonio (2013). Deliberative Bioethics. Why Codes of Conduct Should be Considered outside the Scope of Ethics. Particularities of the Romanian Cultural Model. Prezentată la International Scientific Conference Tradition and Reform, II Edition. Social Reconstruction of Europe, 7-8 Noiembrie 2013, Bucuresti, Romania.
Starting from Reber’s views, we propose to distinguish between ethical code – which aims desirable and ethical standards that are based on ethical values-, deontological codes -as ethical self-regulatory instruments of minimalist type-, and codes of conduct – that govern desirable behavior and that we consider to be outside the area of ethics.