Citation

Rainbolt GW. Bioethics 1989; 3(2): 140-141.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

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PMID

11649244

Abstract

In a brief response to C.L. Ten's critique in the same issue of Bioethics of an earlier article by Rainbolt, Rainbolt defends his thesis that prescription drug laws are examples of permissible hard paternalism. They are not justifiable by soft paternalism, which permits interference with people's conduct only when their choices are insufficiently voluntary, because people who buy prescription drugs have good metaknowledge, i.e., they know that they do not know much about drugs and are making a decision based on this knowledge.

Language: en