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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"hypothetical consent"”.
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Political philosophy and private property : an evaluation of four main types of theory concerning ownership and distribution of property in a just society
… The form of property rights adopted requires the hypothetical consent of concerned parties. 3. Private property rights in areas of everyday contact are valuable - for privacy, autonomy and individuality. Security of property rights on a large scale, on the other hand, can threaten the freedom of …
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Civic friendship and a value assumption in Rawls.
… explain how those bound by the social contract consent to be bound. Rawls argues that we consent to the contract hypothetically. If we would agree, under ideal conditions for resolving questions about the basic structure of society, to a particular social contract, then we actually consent (in …
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The Substituted Judgment Standard. Studies on the Ethics of Surrogate Decision Making
Patients who are incompetent need a surrogate decision maker to make treatment decisons on their behalf. One of the main ethical questions that arise in this context is what standard ought to govern such decision making. According to the Substituted Judgment Standard (SJS), a surrogate ought to …