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Aa Po E . EVEVEEE AaBbCcDdEe AaBbCcDdEe AaBbCcDc AaBbCcDdE AaBb( AaB DV Av Normal No Spacing Heading 1 Heading 2 Title Kantian Ethics Paper A case study for consideration is where a person goes to the hospital and the doctors discover that the person is suffering from a contagious terminal disease at its final stages. This person instructs the doctors that the medical examination report need to be kept private and confidential. This means that it should not be disclosed even to the family members. Unfortunately, the person dies and the family members need to know the cause of his death. The doctors are not sure whether to break the promise made with the patient or disclose the cause of the disease to the family members. I Kant maintains that there is need to "act only according to that maxim which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law without contraction" and this can be used in this case. The maxim in this case is to break the promise made with the patient and if this is done, it will enable the doctors to protect other humans from contracting the contagious disease as a way of increasing the welfare of other humans. Therefore, the doctors will have to disclose the conditions under which the patient died, the disorder that led to the death, and the necessary precautions to undertake. To generalize this maxim into a law of nature, every individual should always break ited States) Focus to E MacBook Pro B IU & A Lo % & * 4 5 6 8 9 OKantian Ethics Paper (1) - Compatibility Mode - Saved to my Mac ut References Mailings Review View Tell me A Aav AaBbCcDdEe AaBbCcDdEe AaBbCcDc AaBbCcDdE AaBb( A ~ DVA v Normal No Spacing Heading 1 Heading 2 Title Unfortunately, the person dies and the family members need to know the cause of his death. The doctors are not sure whether to break the promise made with the patient or disclose the cause of the disease to the family members. Kant maintains that there is need to "act only according to that maxim which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law without contraction" and this can be used in this case. The maxim in this case is to break the promise made with the patient and if this is done, it will enable the doctors to protect other humans from contracting the contagious disease as a way of increasing the welfare of other humans. Therefore, the doctors will have to disclose the conditions under which the patient died, the disorder that led to the death, and the necessary precautions to undertake. To generalize this maxim into a law of nature, every individual should always break the promises made especially when in doing so is recommendable for the benefit of humanity as a way of influencing the welfare of other humans. It will make no sense to keep a promise of an individual whereas it is clear that in so doing humanity is at risk. Revealing the medical information is a rational action and an end in this case. It is considered acting rightfully and from the right motive. Every individual need to promote any goal that can influence human welfare but not that which jeopardizes human lives. (United States) Focus MacBook Pro B IU & A $ % & K 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 O