They argue that healing should be the sole purpose of medicine , and that endeavors like cosmetic surgery and euthanasia are severely unethical and against the Hippocratic Oath .
Some scholars , such as Edmund Pellegrino , argue that beneficence is the only fundamental principle of medical ethics .
ethics argue that healing should be the sole purpose of medicine , and that endeavors like cosmetic surgery and euthanasia are severely unethical and against the Hippocratic Oath .
Some scholars , such as Edmund Pellegrino , argue that beneficence is the only fundamental principle of medical ethics .