A Right against Risk-Imposition and the Problem of Paralysis

In this paper I examine the prospects for a rights-based approach to the morality of pure risk-imposition. In particular, I discuss a practical challenge to proponents of the thesis that we have a right against being imposed a risk of harm. According to an influential criticism, a right against risk...

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Main Author: Holm, Sune (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V [2016]
In: Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2016, Volume: 19, Issue: 4, Pages: 917-930
RelBib Classification:NBE Anthropology
NCA Ethics
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Ethics
B Consent
B Compensation
B Risk
B Rigths
B Threshold
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