I believe Kant would endorse a paternalistic view of truth telling to patients because it coincide with his views of universal truth. The traditional paternalistic practice of withholding or restricting information to an patient, would be a violation of Kant's moral concept. Traditional paternalistic would interfere with the patient's liberty, and the medical professional would be treating themselves as ends in themselves. Kant wouldn't omit information from the patient because that would restricting an individual's liberty. Kant's categorical imperative states that it's immoral to treat people solely as a means to an end, and that individuals must be treated as ends in themselves; in this case the patient's liberty would be violated because
