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Joel Feinberg
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Joel Feinberg

American philosopher
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  • paternalism
    / Moral considerations of paternalism

    Joel Feinberg delineated principles for reconciling opposing views regarding permissible grounds for interference with someone’s actions for the sake of preventing harm. First, he established distinctions: self-inflicted harm is still harm; intended self-harm is different from unintended self-harm as a consequence of another intended action;…

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    Joel Feinberg delineated principles for reconciling opposing views regarding permissible grounds for interference with someone’s actions for the sake of preventing harm. First, he established distinctions: self-inflicted harm is still harm; intended self-harm is different from unintended self-harm as a consequence of another intended action;…

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