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Definition of 'Discernment'

Discernment involves the ability to make judgements and reach decisions without being unduly influenced by extraneous considerations, fears, personal attachments and the like(1). Discernment brings sensitive insight, acute judgement, and understanding to action.

Discernmnt involves understabding that principles and rules are relevant in a variety of circumstances and how such rules and principles are relevant.

Reference

Beauchamp, Tom L and James F. Childress(2001) Principles of Biomedical Ethics, 5th Edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press

Comte-Sponville, Andre (1996) A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues, New York: Henry Holt and Company

Connolly, Peter(1999) Approaches to the Study of Religion, London: Cassell

Notes

1. Beauchamp and Childress, Page 27