Which of the following are coherent justifications for an increased focus on patient autonomy?
The many instances of the abuse of patients by their physicians in the history of medicine.
The ideal of 'respect for persons, grounded in the Kantian ideal that each individual should be treated as an end in themselves and never as only a means to another's end.
Advancements in medical technology.
The utilitarian argument that a moral agent is one that is capable of experiencing pleasure and pain.
Which of the following are coherent justifications for an increased focus on patient autonomy?
The many instances of the abuse of patients by their physicians in the history of medicine.
The ideal of respect for persons grounded in the Kantian ideal that each individual should be treated as an end in themselves and never as only a means to another's end.
Advancements in medical technology.
The utilitarian argument that a moral agent is one that is capable of experiencing pleasure and pain.