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Philosophy 3103Copyright © 2007, Richard Lee Autumn 2007
 

Paternalism:

When Reasonable People Would Allow Others to Make Decisions for Them

(Bayles)

1. Trivial: "A person might not wish to bother making decisions because the differences involved are trivial." (p.117b)

2. Need Expertise: "the decisions might require knowledge or expertise a person does not possess." (p.117b)

3. Incompetence: "A person might allow others to make judgments if he or she is or will be mentally incompetent." (p.117b)


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