Vaccineskepsis, forældreautonomi og ytringsfrihed
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https://doi.org/10.7146/politica.v50i2.131198Resumé
Denne artikel skitserer en alvorlig udfordring for folkesundheden: utilstrækkelig vaccinationsdækning på grund af vaccineskepsis. Den argumenterer for, at liberale stater kan tillade sig og bør indføre juridiske begrænsninger for at løse problemet. Den præsenterer først et argument for at gøre det til et krav, at børn følger det anbefalede vaccinationsprogram for at kunne indskrives i skoler og institutioner, begrundet ved at denne politik med stor sandsynlighed vil øge vaccinationsdækningen og derved forhindre, at børn lider skade. Artiklen undersøger de to mest indlysende indvendinger mod dette argument – at en sådan politik vil være urimeligt paternalistisk, og at den på problematisk vis vil gribe ind i forældres ret til at bestemme over deres børn – og konkluderer, at indvendingerne ikke er overbevisende. Artiklen præsenterer dernæst et ækvivalensargument for, at vaccineskeptisk misinformation ikke bør beskyttes af ytringsfriheden, eftersom den gør skade på samme måde som konventionelt forbudte former for ytringer. Den undersøger fem potentielt moralsk relevante forskelle mellem vaccineskeptisk misinformation og sammenlignelige former for konventionelt forbudte ytringer og argumenterer for, at ingen af dem udgør en egentlig relevant forskel. Artiklen konkluderer, at såfremt der ikke dukker overbevisende indvendinger op, så er begge restriktioner både tilladelige og ønskelige.
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