510014 Vortragsreihe Medizinische Forschung: "Decision-Making Capacity and Marginal Agency" (1 UE) (V+Ko) (WiSe 2023/2024)

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Dieser Vortrag gehört ebenfalls zur Reihe der Gastvorträge der Abteilung für Philosophie.

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Dr. Joseph Millum, University of St Andrews
(Based on work co-authored with Dr. Danielle Bromwich, University of Leeds)

Abstract
When a person is judged to have decision-making capacity, they can consent for themselves, affording them a degree of control over their lives. They get to decide what they eat, where they live, with whom they associate, and what medical care they receive. A person who is judged to lack decision-making capacity has no right of control and others typically have authority to make certain decisions on their behalf. The stark difference in how we respect people’s rights makes it vitally important to know what justifies judgments about decision-making capacity. Cases of marginal agency—such as older children, persons with moderate cognitive impairments, or dementia patients—illuminate the difficulty of this line drawing. If allowed complete freedom, such individuals are at risk of making some very poor decisions. Yet, they have or retain values and can often be helped to make good decisions in the right environment.

In this talk, I analyze the normative basis of decision-making capacity. Full decision-making capacity entails two rights: first, the power to waive certain claim rights by giving consent; second, a claim against paternalistic interference by others. For example, a competent adult can waive their right against bodily trespass and thereby give an artist permission to tattoo them. Further, even if getting the tattoo is contrary to their interests, third parties are not permitted to interfere and forbid the person to get the tattoo. Most scholars and health care professionals assume that these two rights go together—if someone has the power to consent then they have a claim against paternalistic interference. In this talk, I argue against this common grounds view. The capacities that ground a rights waiver are not the same as those needed to ground a claim against others’ paternalistic interference. Separating these normative grounds allows for an analysis of decision-making capacity that recognizes and respects marginal autonomy without sacrificing the need to protect those with questionable decision-making capacity from harm.

Die Vortragsreihe Medizinische Forschung der Medizinischen Fakultät OWL findet im Semester (außer in den Schulferien) mittwochs um 17:00 Uhr (~1Std.), derzeit via Zoom-Videokonferenz, statt.
Ziel der Veranstaltung ist der Austausch und die Vernetzung der Forschenden und Forschungsinteressierten im Bereich der medizinischen und medizinrelevanten Forschung.
Forschende der Medizinischen Fakultät OWL, der drei Krankenhausträger, die gemeinsam das Universitätsklinikum OWL bilden (Evangelisches Klinikum Bethel, Klinikum Bielefeld, Klinikum Lippe) sowie forschungsinteressierte niedergelassene Ärzt*innen in OWL präsentieren Ihre aktuellen Forschungsprojekte und tauschen sich zu Ihrer Forschung und neuen Projektideen aus. Kolleg*innen anderer Fakultäten und nationaler und internationaler Institute sind als Redner*innen und/oder Diskutant*innen ebenfalls willkommen.
Auskünfte zur Vortragsreihe erteilt das Referat für Forschung und Karriereentwicklung der Medizinischen Fakultät OWL.
Lehrende/Verantwortliche:
Prof. Dr. med. Björn Spittau (Prodekan für Forschung und Karriereentwicklung, Med Fak OWL)
Referat für Forschung und Karriereentwicklung, Med Fak OWL

Termine:
14-tägig mittwochs von 17bis ca. 18 Uhr via Zoom Videokonferenz im Zeitraum vom 18.10.2023 bis 24.01.23

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