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Prevention is primarily a medical question. But regardless of its possible medical utility it is clearly one of public policy; it is also an ethical question, and by this a question of pragmatic philosophy, because it is related to the question of values.
It is your right to reproach me with my behavior but it is my right not to care about your reproaches.
Aristippus (435–360 B.C.)
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Viefhues, H.B. (1988). Preventive Interventionism and Individual Liberty. In: Sass, HM., Massey, R.U. (eds) Health Care Systems. Philosophy and Medicine, vol 30. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7807-3_17
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