Question

Physician D is treating someone S who is covered by Medicaid. Physician D thinks that Medicaid does not provide enough financial support for the services being rendered by D to S. Further D wants to do a procedure not covered by Medicaid under its rules. D believes the rules to be antiquated and harmful. D is considering filling out the medical forms in such a manner that would supply financial support for what D wishes to do but in a manner that would not be providing accurate reports of what was actually done. If D is a Kantian and uses the Categorical imperative how would D think about this? What conclusions would be reached?

Answer 1

#. The categorical imperative is the idea that you do something because it is your moral commands, and you are told to do them and they are not dependant on anything else. Kant said it will show if an action is being judged with pure reason.

If D is a Kantian and uses the Categorical imperative then he should not fill out the medical forms in such a manner that would supply financial support for what D wishes to do but in a manner that would not be providing accurate reports of what was actually done because then it would be against the categorical imperative as he is working against the rules and regulations .