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Liberties, rights, public policies and water fluoridation
OBJECTIVE: To discuss the negative and positive concepts of liberty and postulate its interdependent and complementary relationship in the evaluation of public policy intersectoral actions, taking water fluoridation as a case. METHOD: To describe scopes and limits regarding 1950s Isaiah Berlin’s dis...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Faculdade de Saúde Pública da Universidade de São Paulo
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7244233/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32491111 http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/s1518-8787.2020054001804 |
Sumario: | OBJECTIVE: To discuss the negative and positive concepts of liberty and postulate its interdependent and complementary relationship in the evaluation of public policy intersectoral actions, taking water fluoridation as a case. METHOD: To describe scopes and limits regarding 1950s Isaiah Berlin’s distinction, showing its validity in facing the harmful effects of an uncontrolled market economy and an autocratic political regime. RESULTS: Both the rights that protect citizens against a powerful state and the rights that protect the state against powerful citizens were equally acknowledged as crucial. CONCLUSION: We argued that, in a context in which negative and positive liberties are balanced, regulatory policies have double meaning. Thus, there should be a balance between the establishment of necessary rules for social protection and limits for them not to violate individuals’ rights. |
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