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Beyond Autonomy and Best Interests
Author(s) -
Brudney Daniel
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
hastings center report
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.515
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1552-146X
pISSN - 0093-0334
DOI - 10.1353/hcr.0.0113
Subject(s) - autonomy , bioethics , value (mathematics) , orthodoxy , personal autonomy , best interests , epistemology , sociology , law and economics , social psychology , psychology , environmental ethics , political science , law , philosophy , computer science , theology , machine learning
According to bioethics orthodoxy, the question, “What would the patient choose?” is a question about the patient's autonomy. is at stake. In fact, what underpins the moral force of that question is a value different from either autonomy or best interests. This is the value of doing things in a way that is authentic to the person