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Paternalism: Paternalism is the interference of the state or an individual with another person's liberty or autonomy, against their will, with the intention of promoting their own good or averting harm. See also Interventions, State, Power, Society.
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Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments.

 
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John Stuart Mill on Paternalism - Dictionary of Arguments

Höffe I 353
Paternalism/MillVsPaternalism/Mill/Höffe: As an uncompromising opponent of all state paternalism, Mill considers neither the physical nor the moral self-interest a sufficient justification for public action. The philosopher is not so naive,
Höfe I 354
to apply this principle to all people, even children or young people. He explicitly refers only to "people with fully developed abilities", more precisely to those who "the law speaks of maturely as men and women".
>Democracy
, >Political representation, >Politics, >Society.

1. J.St. Mill. On Liberty, 1859

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Mill I
John St. Mill
A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive, London 1843
German Edition:
Von Namen, aus: A System of Logic, London 1843
In
Eigennamen, Ursula Wolf, Frankfurt/M. 1993

Mill II
J. St. Mill
Utilitarianism: 1st (First) Edition Oxford 1998

Mill Ja I
James Mill
Commerce Defended: An Answer to the Arguments by which Mr. Spence, Mr. Cobbett, and Others, Have Attempted to Prove that Commerce is Not a Source of National Wealth 1808

Höffe I
Otfried Höffe
Geschichte des politischen Denkens München 2016


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