Ethical Question

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

Specific ethical question posed in a case requiring professional resolution

Mappings & provenance
@prefix core: <http://proethica.org/ontology/core#> . @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 pcsh: <http://proethica.org/shapes/core#> . @prefix proeth: <http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#> . @prefix proeth-cases: <http://proethica.org/ontology/cases#> . @prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . @prefix sh: <http://www.w3.org/ns/shacl#> . @prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> . @prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> . pcsh:CaseAnalysisCitationShape a sh:NodeShape ; rdfs:label "Case analysis citation schema (citing subjects, descriptive)"@en ; rdfs:comment "The Step-4 analysis records (conclusions, questions, causal-normative links) cite the NSPE provisions they rest on via citesProvision. Declared descriptively so the citing-subject pages document the edge; the extraction LLM never fills it (commit-stage resolution from the analysis text)."@en ; sh:property [ pcsh:informationalOnly true ; sh:description "The nspe: CodeProvision(s) this analysis record cites in support. Range: CodeProvision." ; sh:name "cites provision" ; sh:order 1 ; sh:path core:citesProvision ], [ pcsh:informationalOnly true ; sh:description "The provision designation as cited (e.g. 'I.4.'), kept verbatim on the analysis record; each designation that resolves against the NSPE provision registry is also materialized as a citesProvision edge. Borne by EthicalConclusion records in the current corpus." ; sh:name "cited provision" ; sh:order 2 ; sh:path proeth:citedProvision ] ; sh:targetClass proeth-cases:CausalNormativeLink, proeth-cases:EthicalConclusion, proeth-cases:EthicalQuestion . proeth-cases:EthicalQuestion a owl:Class ; rdfs:label "Ethical Question"@en ; dcterms:source <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artint.2022.103705> ; rdfs:comment "Specific ethical question posed in a case requiring professional resolution"@en ; rdfs:subClassOf iao:0000030 ; skos:definition "An information content entity representing a specific ethical question, dilemma, or decision point posed in a professional ethics case that requires systematic analysis and resolution through professional judgment"@en .
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2026-07-05 15:17