Beyond the one-child policy: a response to Conly
The problems with Conly’s proposed ‘one-child’ policy are a good example of where the attempt to limit paternalism becomes self-defeating, and actually ends up potentially aiding the case against controlling population rather than promoting it, as well as negatively influencing the debate about pat...
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doaj-f0cd5b2d939b46fb80f5af42dffe31472021-09-01T06:35:35ZengThe White Horse PressThe Journal of Population and Sustainability2398-54882398-54962017-10-012110.3197/jps.2017.2.1.61Beyond the one-child policy: a response to ConlyJulian Roche The problems with Conly’s proposed ‘one-child’ policy are a good example of where the attempt to limit paternalism becomes self-defeating, and actually ends up potentially aiding the case against controlling population rather than promoting it, as well as negatively influencing the debate about paternalism more generally. There are many better potential ways of developing public policy towards population control than a ‘one-child’ policy that synchronise with richer ways to understand individual interests. https://www.whp-journals.co.uk/JPS/article/view/620coercive paternalismreproductive ethicsreproductive autonomyliberal individualismone child policy |
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The problems with Conly’s proposed ‘one-child’ policy are a good example of where the attempt to limit paternalism becomes self-defeating, and actually ends up potentially aiding the case against controlling population rather than promoting it, as well as negatively influencing the debate about paternalism more generally. There are many better potential ways of developing public policy towards population control than a ‘one-child’ policy that synchronise with richer ways to understand individual interests.
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