PHLB09H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Negative And Positive Rights, Cerebral Palsy, James Childress
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In 1973, donald dax cowart was injured by a leaking gas pipeline under a ditch where his car was parked. He was burned beyond recognition and had a chance of about 20% survival. He went through treatment, and although later on he was deemed competent and refused treatment, his opinion was overruled. Principlism: includes any moral theory that invokes general norms to account for the deontic status of actions: 4 principles approach (1979): is a model developed by tom beauchamp and james. If a conflict was to arise between the principles, common sense would be used and balance would have to be restored. Autonomy individual autonomy: respect for autonomy: captures the duty that patients and subjects have the right to make autonomous decisions, autonomy" means self-determination" or self-law". For example, a patient chooses a high-risk treatment instead of a low-risk one.
