Parental Licensing as Harm Reduction.

IF 1.8 3区哲学 Q2 ETHICS

Health Care Analysis Pub Date : 2020-12-01 Epub Date: 2020-10-17 DOI:10.1007/s10728-020-00404-y

Liam Shields

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Abstract

In this paper, I will argue that some prominent objections to parental licensing rely on dubious claims about the existence of a very stringent, if not indefeasible, right to parent, which would be violated by licensing. I claim that attaching such stringency to the right only makes sense if we make a number of idealising assumptions. Otherwise, it is deeply implausible. Instead, I argue that we should evaluate parental licensing policies in much the same way we would harm reduction policies. By adopting this critical perspective, we can see that there are powerful, but quite different, reasons to be cautious about parental licensing relating to our ability to minimize the harmful effects of mass-parenting in a world of minimal surveillance and intervention.

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家长许可可以减少伤害。

在本文中，我将论证，对父母许可的一些突出的反对意见依赖于对父母存在一种非常严格的(如果不是不可行的)权利的可疑主张，这种权利将被许可所侵犯。我认为，只有当我们做出一些理想化的假设时，才有必要将这种严格性赋予权利。否则，这是非常难以置信的。相反，我认为我们应该评估家长许可政策，就像评估减少伤害政策一样。通过采用这种批判的观点，我们可以看到，在一个监督和干预最少的世界里，我们有强大的、但截然不同的理由来谨慎对待父母许可，这与我们将大规模育儿的有害影响最小化的能力有关。

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期刊介绍： Health Care Analysis is a journal that promotes dialogue and debate about conceptual and normative issues related to health and health care, including health systems, healthcare provision, health law, public policy and health, professional health practice, health services organization and decision-making, and health-related education at all levels of clinical medicine, public health and global health. Health Care Analysis seeks to support the conversation between philosophy and policy, in particular illustrating the importance of conceptual and normative analysis to health policy, practice and research. As such, papers accepted for publication are likely to analyse philosophical questions related to health, health care or health policy that focus on one or more of the following: aims or ends, theories, frameworks, concepts, principles, values or ideology. All styles of theoretical analysis are welcome providing that they illuminate conceptual or normative issues and encourage debate between those interested in health, philosophy and policy. Papers must be rigorous, but should strive for accessibility – with care being taken to ensure that their arguments and implications are plain to a broad academic and international audience. In addition to purely theoretical papers, papers grounded in empirical research or case-studies are very welcome so long as they explore the conceptual or normative implications of such work. Authors are encouraged, where possible, to have regard to the social contexts of the issues they are discussing, and all authors should ensure that they indicate the ‘real world’ implications of their work. Health Care Analysis publishes contributions from philosophers, lawyers, social scientists, healthcare educators, healthcare professionals and administrators, and other health-related academics and policy analysts.