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Unintentional deception still deceives.

Douglas Hardman
Published in: Journal of medical ethics (2023)
In my recent article, Pretending to care , I argue that a better understanding of non-doxastic attitudes could improve our understanding of deception in clinical practice. In an insightful and well-argued response, Colgrove highlights three problems with my account. For the sake of brevity, in this reply I focus on the first: that my definition of deception is implausible because it does not involve intention. Although I concede that my initial broad definition needs modification, I argue that it should not be modified by involving intention but by involving responsibility.
Keyphrases
  • clinical practice
  • mental health
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  • palliative care
  • quality improvement