Decision Point

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http://proethica.org/ontology/cases#DecisionPoint
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Definition

A point in an ethics case where a professional actor must make a choice between ethically significant alternatives.

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@prefix dcterms: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/> . @prefix iao: <http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_> . @prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> . @prefix proeth-cases: <http://proethica.org/ontology/cases#> . @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . @prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> . proeth-cases:DecisionPoint a owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Decision Point"@en ; dcterms:source <https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1539-6924.2005.00634.x> ; rdfs:comment "A point in an ethics case where a professional actor must make a choice between ethically significant alternatives."@en ; rdfs:subClassOf iao:0000030 ; skos:changeNote "v2.4.2: Added to cases namespace. 845 case instances reference proeth-cases:DecisionPoint but the class was previously only defined in intermediate namespace (intermediate#DecisionPoint)."@en, "v3.0.1 (2026-07-04): re-anchored from proeth-core:Event to IAO information content entity. The committed individuals are composed Step-4 analysis records (identifier, decision question, options, role) with no temporal participation, and the audited core Event definition (v2.10) restricts Event to NON-volitional occurrences, which a choice juncture is definitionally not. The juncture's temporal reality is carried by the Step-3 Action/Event timeline; the DecisionPoint record is the analytic artifact marking it, uniform with the rest of the analysis layer."@en ; skos:definition "Decision points mark critical junctures in ethics cases where actors face choices between alternatives with ethical implications. Per Hobbs and Moore (2005) scenario-directed decision analysis, these points structure the ethical problem space and enable systematic analysis of options, constraints, and outcomes."@en .
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