Why the Kantian ideal survives medical learning curves, and why it matters.
The "Kantian ideal" is often misunderstood as invoking individual autonomy rather than rational self legislation. Le Morvan and Stock's otherwise insightful discussion of "Medical learning curves and the Kantian ideal"--for example--draws the mistaken inference that that ideal is inconsistent with the realities of medical practice. But it is not. Rationally to be a patient entails accepting its necessary conditions.
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School of Historical & Critical Studies, University of Brighton, 10-11 Pavilion parade, Brighton BN2 1RA, UK. r.brecher@bton.ac.uk
D001294:Attitude to Health; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000941:ethics*; D028663:Ethical Theory; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012306:Risk