PHI332 : The
Class : Argument
ID : Discount Words : Exercise 2.8.4
Exercise 2.8.4
Strike through any discounted statements.
- Since the condition of an incompetent patient makes it impossible to ascertain
definitively his present desires, a third party acting on the patient's behalf
often cannot say with confidence that his treatment decision for the patient
will further rather than frustrate the patient's right to control his body.
Nevertheless, the goal of decision-making for incompetent patients should be
to determine and effectuate, insofar as possible, the decision that the patient
would have made if competent. Ideally, both aspects of the patient's right to
bodily integrity--the right to consent to medical intervention and the right
to refuse it-should be respected (209).
- Although all evidence tending to demonstrate a person's intent with respect
to medical treatment should properly be considered by either surrogate decision-makers,
or by a court in the event of any judicial proceedings, the probative value
of such evidence may vary depending on the remoteness, consistency, and thoughtfulness
of the prior statements or actions and the maturity of the person at the time
of the statements or acts (210).
- Even if we could assess degrees of voluntariness reliably, we cannot know
what penalties different degrees of misconduct deserve (676).
- Women have a moral right to full social equality. They should not be restricted
or subordinated because of their sex. But this morally required equality cannot
be realized without abortion's certain control of reproduction. Female social
equality depends upon being able to compete and participate as freely as males
can in the structures of educational and economic life. If a woman cannot control
when and how she will be pregnant or rear chldren, she is at a distinct disadvantage,
especially in our male-dominated world (368).
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