Prima Facie Duties
Classifications/Divisions
 Fidelity is related to the
1. Duties of Fidelity
 Reparation is the act or
2. Duties of Reparation
 Gratitude is thankfulness
3. Duties of Gratitude
 Beneficence is the
4. Duties of Beneficence
Description/Meaning
concept of steadfast
faithfulness or loyalty. The
duties include keeping
promises, honoring
contracts and
agreements, and telling
the truth. They rest on the
person’s previous acts
fact of giving satisfaction
or compensation for
wrong or injury done. The
duties include rectifying
the wrong perpetrated,
returning the goods,
wealth, or any property
stolen, restoring the
reputation of someone
slandered, and/or paying
damages for inquires
suffered.
or a desire to do a favor in
return. The duties rest
upon previous acts of
another person, and
include beneficial services
provided them. The
principle of reciprocity
applies.
practice of doing good,
or an act of kindness. The
duties include going or
searching out to the
needy and making a
difference in their life.
Illustrative Examples
 Professional
responsibilities / social
roles of:
- physician as physician
- nurse as nurse
- teacher as teacher
 A returns the cellphone
and says sorry to B, the
victim.
 C admits cheating and
accepts punishment for
the same.
 If one has provided
quality service to others
when they are in need,
the latter stand under a
duty to reciprocate
service for the former
when the same is in
need.
 To visit the sick, the
prisoners, or the victims
of calamities
 To share one’s bounty
to the needy
  Non-maleficence is the
5. Duties of Non- act of not doing evil or
maleficence injuring harm to others.
The duty includes not to
make the condition of
others being worse or
difficult.
 Justice connotes just  If a nurse works eight (8)
6. Duties of Justice conduct, fair treatment,
or giving and receiving
what one deserves. The
duties include fair
distribution of benefits
based on merits, and
rectifying unjust patterns
of distribution.
 Include the duty to make  A nurse keeps on
7. Duties of Self- better one’s character,
improvement mind, or the like by
him/her own effort. The
Divine Provider helps
those who help
themselves or the sick gets
well if he/she cooperates
with the health care
provider.
 The duties of not to kill,
to inflict corporal
punishment, to commit
arson, and/or to
defraud others.
hours plus overtime,
he/she must receive the
agreed legal
compensation plus
overtime pay. It is giving
what is due him/her.
studying things related
to his/her profession,
attends capacity-
building seminars, and
takes graduate studies.