Freedom and safety

Freedom and safety

Example: How much freedom are we willing to give up to make traffic more safe?  Example 1: Reduce speed limit in some places, for example in cities.  Example 2: Block engines in vehicles from going over x kilometers per hour.  Example 3: Cut speed limit in half everywhere.  Example 4: Only allow essential travel, for example delivery of products and transportation of people.  Example 5: Only allow expert to drive, i.e. only allowing public transportation, taxis and other ride services.

https://medium.com/an-injustice/freedom-vs-safety-what-matters-more-9115227f004e

Total safety is not possible. Why? Because total safety would require monitoring and limiting the actions of everyone submitting to a protective but also authoritative body.

Restricting actions limits freedom, and it also limits safety because we become vulnerable to whoever we trust for protection.

https://medium.com/an-injustice/freedom-vs-safety-what-matters-more-9115227f004e

Total freedom for everyone is not possible. Why? Because if anyone would do whatever he or she wants, it could restrict others people’s freedom to do as they want.

https://medium.com/an-injustice/freedom-vs-safety-what-matters-more-9115227f004e

Two questions for you: 1. What personal safety can you give up, so others are free to work?

2. What personal freedoms can you give up to ensure the safety of others?

https://medium.com/an-injustice/freedom-vs-safety-what-matters-more-9115227f004e

Freedom and safety are meant to exist together. The average human being wants to be free AND safe.  Only through a constant, yet balanced securitization can individuals truly exist in an environment that bolsters freedom.  Only through a careful allotment of rights can individuals exist in an environment that values safety.

https://www.ijser.org/paper/Safety-Versus-Freedom-An-Eternal-Fallacy-Unveiled-in-Modern-America.html

Respect for freedom assures that the freedom and individual decision-making of a patient is voluntary and not done under duress.

https://www.nurse.com/blog/2015/10/19/preparing-students-and-new-nurses-to-handle-ethical-challenges/

Example: A patient wants to go for a walk without supervision.

The dilemma for the health worker is between  promoting freedom / independence and  ensuring safety.

http://www.nursingexplorer.com/blog/nursing-ethics-ethical-dilemmas-faced-by-nurses-everyday-47

Example: A patient wants to go home from the hospital earlier than planned.

The dilemma for the health worker is between  promoting freedom / independence and  ensuring safety.

http://www.nursingexplorer.com/blog/nursing-ethics-ethical-dilemmas-faced-by-nurses-everyday-47

Additional sources http://www.amazon.de/What-Money-Cant-Buy-Markets-ebook/dp/B007IO1X5C/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/b01g5ztq http://www.economist.com/node/21556234?fsrc=scn/tw/te/ar/moralsandthemachine http://www.globalethics.org/dilemmas.php http://www.masc.sc/SiteCollectionDocuments/Land%20Use%20Planning/EthicalDilemmas_DecisionMaking.pdf http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/05/31/opinion/kristof-markets-and-morals.html http://youtu.be/8rv-4aUbZxQ http://youtu.be/ZafL7_CaMbg