BOU-HABIB, PAUL (2006) Compulsory Insurance without Paternalism. Utilitas, 18 (3). pp. 243-263. DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/s0953820806002020
BOU-HABIB, PAUL (2006) Compulsory Insurance without Paternalism. Utilitas, 18 (3). pp. 243-263. DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/s0953820806002020
BOU-HABIB, PAUL (2006) Compulsory Insurance without Paternalism. Utilitas, 18 (3). pp. 243-263. DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/s0953820806002020
Abstract
<jats:p>This article examines how a just society must address the needs of its imprudent members. I defend compulsory insurance as an answer to this question. It has been assumed that compulsory insurance can only be justified on paternalistic grounds. I argue that this assumption is incorrect, and defend non-paternalistic compulsory insurance (NPCI). To display the merits of NPCI, I identify a trilemma that arises for views about how to address the needs of the imprudent, including libertarian and so-called ‘luck-egalitarian’ views. I then suggest that NPCI enables us to escape the trilemma.</jats:p>
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | J Political Science > JC Political theory |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Government, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 13 Jan 2015 17:04 |
Last Modified: | 15 Jan 2022 00:43 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/10062 |