Concept information
Preferred term
paternalism
Definition
- Paternalism describes a particular type of intervention in an individual's life. As the name suggests it implies a caring, fatherly, parental relationship, in which the paternal authority carrying out the intervention is motivated by a sense of responsibility that echoes the relationship between parents and their offspring. [Source: Encyclopedia of Criminal Justice Ethics; Paternalism]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/paternalism
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