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Paternalism

Paternalism is action that limits a person's or group's liberty or autonomy against their will and is intended to promote their own good. It has been defended in a variety of contexts as a means of protecting individuals from significant harm, supporting long-term autonomy, or promoting moral or psychological well-being. Such justifications are commonly…

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Etymology

Criteria for effective paternalism

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In society

Paternalism and slavery

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Paternalism

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related to Further reading · 39
Paternalism → An Encyclopedia, California, Cambridge University Press, Cato Institute, Christopher Berry Gray, Claws, Co, Consent-Based Justifications, Critique, Dragon's Teeth, From, From Philosophy, Garland Pub, Georgia State University Law, Gregory Claeys, Hard Paternalism, II, In Hamowy, Is Public Health Paternalism, ISBN
related to In society · 15
Paternalism → Anti-suicide, As, Bans, Both, Civil War, If, In, Mandatory, Medical, Parents, Plantation, Southern United States, Such, These, Women
related to Etymology · 9
Paternalism → Catalan, English, Latin, Medieval Latin, Old French, Old Occitan, Portuguese, Spanish, The
related to Soft and hard · 8
Paternalism → According, Any, Because, Hard, If, In, John Stuart Mill, Soft
related to Opponents · 7
Paternalism → Government, In, In On Liberty, John Locke, John Stuart Mill, Robert Filmer, Two Treatises
related to Paternalism and slavery · 5
Paternalism → Antebellum Slave Market, Life Inside, Slave-market, Soul, Walter Johnson
related to Criteria for effective paternalism · 3
Paternalism → Generally, The, Thomas Pogge
is a · 2
Paternalism → intervention due to a person not having the rationality or ability to make decisions, view that paternalism is justified only if an action to be committed is involuntary
related to Moral and welfare · 2
Paternalism → For, Moral
related to Pure and impure forms · 2
Paternalism → Impure, Pure

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Paternalismis aview that paternalism is justified only if an action to be committed is involuntary0.90text
Paternalismis aintervention due to a person not having the rationality or ability to make decisions0.90text
nutritioninstance ofGenerally accepted items0.80text
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certain basic freedoms may be acceptable by a range of religiousinstance ofGenerally accepted items0.80text
social backgrounds.The criteria should be minimally intrusive.The requirements of the criteria should not be understood as exhaustiveinstance ofGenerally accepted items0.80text
leaving societies the ability to modify the criteria based on their own needs.The supplementary considerations introduced by such more ambitious criteria of justice must not be allowed to outweigh the modest considerationsinstance ofGenerally accepted items0.80text
Paternalismrelated to Criteria for effective paternalismThomas Pogge0.60section
Paternalismrelated to Criteria for effective paternalismThe0.60section
Paternalismrelated to Criteria for effective paternalismGenerally0.60section
Paternalismrelated to EtymologyThe0.60section

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