Abstract

Culture, Community or Rights

Terry Carney
University of Sydney - Faculty of Law

AUTONOMY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN HEALTH CARE: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, D. Weisstub, G. Diaz-Pintos, eds., pp. 155-172, Springer: The Netherlands, 2008
Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 08/109

Abstract:
This chapter reviews the extent to which laws based on promotion of individual 'autonomy' (such as durable powers of attorney) conform with the lived lives and preferences of those for whom they are designed. It considers alternative conceptions of rights, including communitarian and social citizenship models, and discusses ways in which positive rights may better promote human flourishing.

Keywords: autonomy, rights, health care planning, social citizenship, communitarianism

JEL Classifications: I10, I11, 18, K10, K30, K32

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Date posted: September 17, 2008 ; Last revised: September 23, 2008

Suggested Citation

Carney, Terry, Culture, Community or Rights (September, 15 2008). AUTONOMY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN HEALTH CARE: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, D. Weisstub, G. Diaz-Pintos, eds., pp. 155-172, Springer: The Netherlands, 2008; Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 08/109. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1268519

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Terry Carney (Contact Author)

University of Sydney - Faculty of Law ( email )

Faculty of Law Building, F10
The University of Sydney
Sydney, NSW 2006
Australia