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Autonomy and Intervention : Parentalism in the Caring Life.

The basic relationship between people should be care, and the caring life is the highest which humans can live. Unfortunately, care that is not thoughtful slides into illegitimate intrusion on autonomy. Autonomy is a basic good, and we should not abridge it without good reason. On the otherhand, it...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kultgen, John
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cary : Oxford University Press, 1995.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The basic relationship between people should be care, and the caring life is the highest which humans can live. Unfortunately, care that is not thoughtful slides into illegitimate intrusion on autonomy. Autonomy is a basic good, and we should not abridge it without good reason. On the otherhand, it is not the only good. We must sometimes intervene in the lives of others to protect them from grave harms or provide them with important benefits. The reflective person, therefore, needs guidelines for caring. Some contemporary moralists condemn paternalism categorically. This work examinesweaknesse.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (277 pages)
ISBN:9780195359060
0195359062