1. PARENTALISM aka PATERNALISM
PROTECTING PERSONS FROM HARMING THEMSELVES.
ACTING LIKE A PARENT [FATHER]

2. PRINCIPLE OF PARENTALISM
ONE SHOULD RESTRICT AN INDIVIDUAL’S CHOSEN ACTION AGAINST HIS/HER CONSENT IN ORDER TO PREVENT THAT INDIVIDUAL FROM SELF-HARM, OR TO SECURE FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL A GOOD WHICH HE/SHE MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE ACHIEVE.

3. ASSUMPTIONS UNDERLYING PARENTALISM
A PRIVILEGED POSITION ALLOWING AN INDIVIDUAL TO THINK HE/SHE KNOWS WHAT IS BEST FOR ANOTHER
SOCIAL ROLE
PARENT
POLITICIAN
LAWMAKER
LEADER
SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE
RELIGIOUS LEADER
PHYSICIAN

4. FORMS OF PARENTALISM STRONG PARENTALISM
RESTRICT THE LIBERTY OF THOSE WHO ARE FUNCTIONALLY AUTONOMOUS
WEAK PARENTALISM
RESTRICT THE ACTIONS OF THOSE WITH PERMANENT SEVERELY DIMINISHED AUTONOMY
TEMPORARILY CONSTRAIN INDIVIDUALS
TO DETERMINE IF THEY ARE AUTONOMOUS
TO RESTORE THEIR AUTONOMY

5. ADJUSTMENTS TO PARENTALISM
CONSUMERS’ EXERCISE OF AUTONOMY
FOLLOWERS’ REASONABLE EXERCISE OF AUTONOMY
DEMANDS OF BENEFICENCE
PARENTALISM MAY SOMETIMES BE BENEFICENT

6. KEY QUESTIONS
WILL THE EXERCISE OF PARENTALISM INHIBIT THE SELF-ACTUALIZATION OF THE OTHER?
INTERFERE WITH THE EXERCISE OF THE OTHER’S AUTONOMY?
WILL THE EXERCISE OF PARENTALISM ENHANCE THE SELF-ACTUALIZATION OF THE OTHER?
PROMOTE HEALTHIER DECISION-MAKING BY THE OTHER?