{"title":"The relevance of Kant's philosophy for contemporary medical ethics","authors":"Andrew Jones","doi":"10.1016/j.mpmed.2024.04.014","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this article I briefly consider the limitations of principlism, before considering how elements of Kant's philosophy can support medical ethics. I highlight the difference between the medical profession and other jobs, and consider how Kant's political philosophy potentially offers support to universal healthcare. I then consider how science and technology studies are essential for a more robust approach toward biomedical ethics.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74157,"journal":{"name":"Medicine (Abingdon, England : UK ed.)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Medicine (Abingdon, England : UK ed.)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1357303924001051","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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In this article I briefly consider the limitations of principlism, before considering how elements of Kant's philosophy can support medical ethics. I highlight the difference between the medical profession and other jobs, and consider how Kant's political philosophy potentially offers support to universal healthcare. I then consider how science and technology studies are essential for a more robust approach toward biomedical ethics.