PHIL 2805 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Childbirth, Lifesaving, Fallopian Tube
6 Jan 2021
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Phil 2805 lecture 13 october 20, 2020 reproductive justice. Overview: obstetric autonomy and informed consent (flanigan, historical context in canada, coerced sterilization cases (collier) This is a good example of structured philosophy abstract and introduction. The medical outcome will be the best when the physician honestly discloses important information and respect autonomy build trusts. People know their overall best interests, but health care professional know only of the health interests (epistemic angle). Kantian and deontological angles say that we are all moral equals (capacity to reason), they have equivalent autonomy and should be respected accordingly. Do not treat people as a mean to their own ends. We ought to be respecting for autonomy of patients in the health care setting. This is not an absolute right (ex. public health emergency, quarantine violate their authority by holding down someone). There is a potentially maximally informed patient because there is about 9 months.
