paternalism Definition
pa·ter·nal·ism (-iz′əm)
paternalism Related Forms
pa·ter′·nal·ist noun, adjective
pa·ter′·nal·is′·tic adjective
pa·ter′·nal·is′·ti·cally adverb
paternalism Synonyms
paternalism
n.
paternalism Usage Examples
Converse of object
- involve: This rules out, among other things, conceptions of 'positive liberty ' that really involve paternalism.
- justify: Others, such as Beauchamp and Childress, justify paternalism not through consent but solely by beneficence.
Preposition: in
medicine: The emphasis on protecting patients was parallel to paternalism in medicine, but some people did need protecting.
Adjective modifier
- medical: Medical paternalism is being replaced by an emphasis on autonomy, with adequate information for patients to decide.
- benevolent: Richard Dimbleby's benevolent paternalism was set alongside the differing personalities of Michelmore and, to a greater extent, Whicker.
- libertarian: Libertarian paternalism started life in a 2003 paper by two of America's most innovative economists, Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler.
- soft: More generally, we might accept what Feinberg called " soft paternalism.
- moral: To be sure it is not always easy to distinguish between legal moralism and moral paternalism.
- benign: Only they now have a sense of benign paternalism to any developing civilization.
Noun used with modifier
- welfare: Moral vs. welfare paternalism The usual justification for paternalism refers to the interests of the person being interfered with.
- enterprise: Publications 2 ) The forms and limits of enterprise paternalism.
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