Paternalism is defined as an action that infringes a person's liberty and is performed without
their consent, but is intended to improve a person's welfare. As such, many public health …

Abstract According to Stephen Holland, the challenges I mention in my original paper can be
met, so that, in a way, the problem of paternalism in public health care—which I intended to …

Paternalism in Health Care and Health Policy Page 1 29 Paternalism in Health Care and
Health Policy JAMES F. CHILDRESS When, if ever, may or should a health care professional …

In this essay I argue that the same considerations that justify the strong commitment to anti-
paternalism that has been affirmed in bioethics over the past half century, also calls for anti …

Public health policies which involve active intervention to improve the health of the
population are often criticized as paternalistic. This article argues that it is a mistake to frame …

Public health policies which involve active intervention to improve the health of the
population are often criticized as paternalistic. This article argues that it is a mistake to frame …

Abstract While Powers and Faden do not consider possible anti-paternalism objections to
their view, there are two variants of this objection that a social justice perspective is …

There are two problems with the present emphasis on paternalism'as a key moral issue for
medicine. In this essay I argue, first, that many, perhaps the majority, of supposed instances …

This article draws on scientific explanations of obesity to motivate the creation of a system of
paternalistic public health interventions into the obesity epidemic. Libertarian paternalists …

This paper scrutinizes the tension between individuals' rights and paternalism. I will argue
that no normative account that includes rights of individuals can justify hard paternalism …