RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Patient preference predictor and the objection from higher-order preferences
JF Journal of Medical Ethics
JO J Med Ethics
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics
SP medethics-2022-108427
DO 10.1136/jme-2022-108427
A1 Jakob Thrane Mainz
YR 2022
UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/early/2022/07/01/jme-2022-108427.abstract
AB Recently, Jardas et al have convincingly defended the patient preference predictor (PPP) against a range of autonomy-based objections. In this response, I propose a new autonomy-based objection to the PPP that is not explicitly discussed by Jardas et al. I call it the ‘objection from higher-order preferences’. Even if this objection is not sufficient reason to reject the PPP, the objection constitutes a pro tanto reason that is at least as powerful as the ones discussed by Jardas et al.