Table 1 General representation of the matrix form of the medical ethical principles using Saaty’s (1980) pairwise task, and example matrix and weights for Person A

–

W 1

W 2

W 3

W 4

W 5

–

$\frac{1}{3}$

1

1

5

2

0.17

$\frac{1}{W1}$

–

W 6

W 7

W 8

W 9

3

–

$\frac{1}{3}$

1

5

2

0.20

$\frac{1}{W2}$

$\frac{1}{W6}$

–

W 10

W 11

W 12

1

3

–

7

1

1

0.27

$\frac{1}{W3}$

$\frac{1}{W7}$

$\frac{1}{W10}$

–

W 13

W 14

1

1

$\frac{1}{7}$

–

5

$\frac{1}{5}$

0.11

$\frac{1}{W4}$

$\frac{1}{W8}$

$\frac{1}{W11}$

$\frac{1}{W13}$

–

W 15

$\frac{1}{5}$

$\frac{1}{5}$

1

$\frac{1}{5}$

–

$\frac{1}{5}$

0.06

$\frac{1}{W5}$

$\frac{1}{W9}$

$\frac{1}{W12}$

$\frac{1}{W14}$

$\frac{1}{W15}$

–

$\frac{1}{2}$

$\frac{1}{2}$

1

5

5

–

0.19