Paternalism
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The view or practice by which an authority (state, institution, individual) restricts someone’s choices or enforces behavior “for their own good,” even over their objections. It presumes that the authority knows better than the person affected and justifies intervention by appeal to welfare, safety, or moral integrity. | |||
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The view or practice by which an authority (state, institution, individual) restricts someone’s choices or enforces behavior “for their own good,” even over their objections. It presumes that the authority knows better than the person affected and justifies intervention by appeal to welfare, safety, or moral integrity.
Bernd G. Lottermoser /
Matthias Schmidt (Ed.)
with contributions of
Anna S. Hüncke, Nina Küpper and Sören E. Schuster
Publisher: UVG-Verlag
Year of first publication: 2024 (Work In Progress)
ISBN: 978-3-948709-26-6
Licence: Ethics in Mining Copyright © 2024 by Bernd G. Lottermoser/Matthias Schmidt is licensed under Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Deed, except where otherwise noted.
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Project "Ethics in Mining"