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[Personal responsibility and solidarity].

Stefan Huster¹

¹Juristische Fakultät, Lehrstuhl für Staats- und Verwaltungsrecht mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des Sozialrechts, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum. stefan.huster@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

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Area of Science:

Political Philosophy
Public Health Ethics

Context:

Liberal order principles emphasize personal responsibility for voluntary decisions.
Healthcare systems grapple with balancing individual accountability and social support.

Purpose:

To analyze the implications of prioritizing personal responsibility in healthcare.
To examine the potential for 'blaming the victim' and welfare state abdication.

Summary:

The principle of personal responsibility, fundamental to liberal orders, assigns accountability for voluntary decisions.
Over-reliance on this principle in healthcare may unfairly blame disadvantaged individuals for health problems.
It can also diminish the welfare state's role in promoting health-supportive social structures.

Impact:

Highlights ethical challenges in healthcare policy.
Informs debates on social determinants of health and welfare state obligations.
Promotes a more nuanced understanding of responsibility in public health.