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And I see it when Camilla points out that her letter-writing is about writing with
the family9s knowledge at the center and directs her attention to what Mia9s
reactions might say about her skills as a mother, her ability to be there for her
child or—as a direct counterperspective to that held by the doctors—about how
much she cares for Hugo.
We could look at all the articles in this way—searching for signs that the writer
has viewed those they write about as moral agents. My claim is that we would
find this perspective in all the articles.
I See You—but How Do I See You?
I would like to conclude this afterword by mentioning an experiment conducted
years ago by Jacob Birkler, the former chair of the Danish Council on Ethics. In the
experiment, he asked a group of nurses to look their patients in the eyes and say,
