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20Refusal rights, law and medical paternalism in TurkeyJournal of Medical Ethics 39 (10): 636-637. 2013.Dr Tolga Guven and Dr Gurkan Sert argue the Turkish legal principles do not give clear guidance about the permissibility of medical paternalism. They then argue that the best interpretation of these principles requires respect for patients’ rights. I agree that medical paternalism is wrong, but the truth of this claim does not depend on legal interpretation or medical culture. Further, the antipaternalist thesis of Guven and Sert may command much more extensive reforms than they acknowledge
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200Seat Belt Mandates and PaternalismJournal of Moral Philosophy 14 (3): 291-314. 2017._ Source: _Page Count 24 Seat belt mandates seem like a paradigmatic case of justified paternalism. Even those who generally object to paternalism often concede that seat belt laws are justified. Against this near-consensus in favor of mandates, I argue that seat belt laws are unjust and public officials should not enforce them. The most plausible exceptions to a principle of anti-paternalism do not justify seat belt mandates. Some argue that seat belt mandates are not paternalistic because unbe…Read more
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34Mark Navin, Values and Vaccine Refusal: Hard Questions in Ethics, Epistemology, and Health Care. New York: Routledge, 2015, 240 pp., ISBN 978-1138790650 (review)Journal of Value Inquiry 51 (1): 199-202. 2017.
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University of RichmondRegular Faculty
Princeton University
PhD, 2012
Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Applied Ethics |
Social and Political Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
Applied Ethics |
Normative Ethics |
Social and Political Philosophy |