Ethics and Values / Unit 8 Ethics 391 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Paternalism
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The idea
Paternalism interferes with a person against her will for her own good; soft versions check only that her choice is informed and voluntary — hard versions override even that.
In practice
Seatbelt laws, medication lockouts, a bartender's cutoff: each argues care; each is argued back with autonomy's question — whose life is being run?
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