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Area of Science:

  • Bioethics
  • Medical Ethics
  • Philosophy of Medicine

Background:

  • Discussions on patients' rights and duties regarding death often precede an examination of death's impact on the individual.
  • Comparativism posits that death affects the deceased, influencing end-of-life decision-making and bioethical considerations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To critically evaluate the philosophical underpinnings of Comparativism in the context of end-of-life ethics.
  • To determine if the concept of death injuring the patient is philosophically sound and practically applicable to medical ethics and public health policy.

Main Methods:

  • Philosophical analysis of Comparativism and its reliance on possible worlds and intuitions.
  • Examination of the "biased world problem" as applied to thought experiments concerning death and its value.
  • Critique of using hypothetical scenarios to inform real-world medical and public health policies.

Main Results:

  • Comparativism's reliance on possible worlds introduces subjective biases, mirroring issues found in evaluating intrinsic value.
  • Thought experiments involving possible worlds can create an illusion of benefit or harm to the deceased.
  • The methodology of Comparativism is susceptible to imposing personal biases, undermining its objective applicability.

Conclusions:

  • End-of-life medical practice and policy should be grounded in empirical reality, not subjective interpretations or biases from hypothetical scenarios.
  • The philosophical framework of Comparativism, while offering a different perspective on death's impact, is methodologically flawed for informing bioethical decisions.
  • Prioritizing objective, reality-based assessments is essential for ethical considerations surrounding death and dying.