HED 044 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Moe Williams, Paternalism, Embryonic Stem Cell
2 Nov 2020
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Government should provide maximum health and safety for the community as a whole. Agreement: to restrict an individual freedom to behave in such a way as to cause direct harm to others. Behavior on indirect harm: tragedy of the commons. In industrial world commons is air, water A ban on gas driven lawn movers. Elimination of drive through windows in bank and fast restaurants (cut pollution from idiling car engines) Example in europe: stop car engine - no idling car engines. To prevent harm to others - generally acceptable. Helmets - tyranny of health , health police but risks for other drivers. To protect individuals from their own actions? (opposed by libertarians) only to prevent harm to others (banned smoking indoor, smoking itself cannot be regulated in adults) Ph approach: sex education, provision of contraceptives services, especially condoms. Opposition by certain groups: they believe that it promotes immoral behavior.
