PUBPOL 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Parens Patriae, Partner Notification, Gun Control
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No or in a very limited way. Free markets contribute to economic and civil freedom. Free markets are more competitive and efficient. Increase in demand doesn"t increase supply, things like that. To address market outcomes that are viewed as unfair or contrary to societal goals and values. Private healthcare in the us is an example. Government intervention/regulation of markets intrudes upon businesses and individual interests. Reduction in risk or harm to others. Protections of incompetent persons (those who cannot protect themselves) Harm principle: holds that competent adults should have freedom of action unless they pose a risk to the community. Personal governance of self that is free from controlling interferences. Avoidance of harm to others is typically regarded as adequate reason for constraining autonomy. Classic argument: personal freedoms extend only so far as they do not intrude on the health, safety, or other legitimate interests of the population.
