17 May 18
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Originally posted by @athousandyoungA) My scenario stated that the parent did know it;
Who decides if the parent knows the child will be saved by the medicine and what should be the penalty?
B) The penalty is not relevant to the discussion which focused on morality, not legality.
When I said:
Removing life sustaining treatment from someone conscious and begging for it not to be terminated differs from intentional murder ............................................................... how again?
I was not making a legalistic argument; the law can be anything legislators want. I was posing a moral and ethical question.
17 May 18
Originally posted by @athousandyoungYou have pretty badly misunderstood the nature of a fiduciary relationship if that is your conclusion.
If the physician relationship is analogous to the parent child relationship, based upon your previous postings about such relationships, the physician should get to make the final call and nobody is in a position to punish him or her for their decision.
17 May 18
Originally posted by @no1marauderIn this case the physicians “know what is best for the patient” and that is removal from life support. Who are you to judge them for doing what they know is best for their patient?
You have pretty badly misunderstood the nature of a fiduciary relationship if that is your conclusion.
17 May 18
Originally posted by @athousandyoungI suggest you reread the materials I have linked to regarding a fiduciary relationship; nowhere do they suggest that a fiduciary has unlimited power to define the "best interest" of the other person (which in this case means overriding that person's wish not to be dead).
In this case the physicians “know what is best for the patient” and that is removal from life support. Who are you to judge them for doing what they know is best for their patient?
17 May 18
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Originally posted by @no1marauderAccording to your link:
I suggest you reread the materials I have linked to regarding a fiduciary relationship; nowhere do they suggest that a fiduciary has unlimited power to define the "best interest" of the other person (which in this case means overriding that person's wish not to be dead).
The physician-patient relationship is a member of a special class of legal relationships called fiduciary relationships.
This is why I asked why you are quoting laws when discussing morality. Fiduciary relationships are legal relationships.
18 May 18
Originally posted by @athousandyoungThey are laws based on an underlying morality, not a morality based on subsequent law.
According to your link:
The physician-patient relationship is a member of a special class of legal relationships called fiduciary relationships.
This is why I asked why you are quoting laws when discussing morality. Fiduciary relationships are legal relationships.