Strasser M
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In a recent article in the Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, David Ost (1984) claims that patients do not have a right to waive their right to information. He argues that patients cannot make informed rational decisions without full information and thus, a right to waive information would involve a right to avoid one's responsibility to act as an autonomous moral agent. In support of his position, Ost cites a passage from Mill. Yet, a correct interpretation of the passage in question would support one's right to remain uninformed in certain situations. If the information would hurt one's chances for survival or hurt one's ability to make calm, rational decisions, then one not only does not have a duty to find out the information, but one's exercising one's right to remain uninformed may be the only rational course of action to take.
在《医学与哲学杂志》最近的一篇文章中，大卫·奥斯特（1984年）声称，患者没有放弃其知情权的权利。他认为，患者在没有充分信息的情况下无法做出明智、理性的决定，因此，放弃信息的权利将涉及逃避作为自主道德主体采取行动的责任的权利。为了支持他的立场，奥斯特引用了密尔的一段话。然而，对相关段落的正确解读会支持在某些情况下保持不知情的权利。如果信息会损害一个人的生存机会或损害其做出冷静、理性决定的能力，那么一个人不仅没有义务去了解该信息，而且行使保持不知情的权利可能是唯一合理的行动方针。
