Philosophy 3730F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Intentionality

• School: Western University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: Philosophy 3730F/G
• Professor: C. Weijer

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Specification: gets more specific, policy rules, examples, etc. Distinction between effective approval and autonomous authorization (moral concept of consent, intentionality, informed) Let patients know what the end goal is: whether it be for the generalizable knowledge or for individualized treatment. So we can figure out who is a participant and therefore we can tell them. Both groups need to be protected equally, get complete informed consent from, etc. (cid:862)where o(cid:374)e (cid:373)ight fi(cid:374)d resear(cid:272)h parti(cid:272)ipa(cid:374)ts to prote(cid:272)t(cid:863) Pursuit of knowledge may be at odds with the patient-specific treatment: best interest is not always apparent/respected. Model and intent: practice: aims to act in such a way as to better/protect the health of the patient, researcher: aims to produce generalizable knowledge. Research always proceeds with some kind of plan: systematic investigation: scientific methodology, not a protocol.