ABSTRACT The authors argue that individual psychologists have an obligation to understand, review, and comment on upcoming revisions of the Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct. Psychologists may want to consider several factors as they review and prepare comments on these revisions. Among other things, commenting psychologists should consider (a) the purposes of ethics codes and how the writing of a code can meet or balance these often-conflicting purposes; (b) the overarching ethical theory or theories that should form the basis of the APA Ethics Code; and (c) the extent to which individual standards are useful and comprehensive, and avoid unnecessary harm to both the public and psychologists. The authors provide examples from the current and recent APA Ethics Codes to illustrate the types of decisions that psychologists must make when evaluating revisions to the APA Ethics Code.

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授权心理学家评估 APA 道德规范的修订

摘要 作者认为，个别心理学家有义务理解、审查和评论即将修订的心理学家伦理原则和行为准则。心理学家在审查和准备对这些修订的评论时可能需要考虑几个因素。除其他外，评论心理学家应考虑 (a) 道德规范的目的以及规范的编写如何满足或平衡这些经常相互冲突的目的；(b) 构成 APA 道德规范基础的总体道德理论或理论；(c) 个人标准在多大程度上有用和全面，并避免对公众和心理学家造成不必要的伤害。