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Pappamånader - för autonomins skull?

Holst, Ebba LU (2019) STVK02 20182
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The debate about Daddy Months in the Swedish parental insurance as a method to increase gender equality is lively. Advocates for Daddy Months mean that making a part of the parental insurance only available to father’s, increases gender equality while opponents mean that they restrict individual autonomy.
The biggest debate in today’s political philosophy is supposedly between communitarians and individualists. Two of the Swedish parties in parliament are individualistic in the sense that the they value the individual over the community and mean that the state is supposed to stay neutral in each individual’s life choices. At the same time they argue for different positions in the debate concerning Daddy Months.
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The debate about Daddy Months in the Swedish parental insurance as a method to increase gender equality is lively. Advocates for Daddy Months mean that making a part of the parental insurance only available to father’s, increases gender equality while opponents mean that they restrict individual autonomy.
The biggest debate in today’s political philosophy is supposedly between communitarians and individualists. Two of the Swedish parties in parliament are individualistic in the sense that the they value the individual over the community and mean that the state is supposed to stay neutral in each individual’s life choices. At the same time they argue for different positions in the debate concerning Daddy Months.
This paper aims to define an equal autonomy principle based on theories from a number of individualist philosophers. The arguments for Daddy Months are normatively analyzed with the purpose to examine if Daddy Months can be justified according to the equal autonomy principle. The equal autonomy principles goal is that the consequences of state interventions ensure each individuals autonomy. Since the result of Daddy Months have not yet been proven, the question of if they are justified according to the equal autonomy principle is still unanswerable. (Less)
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author
Holst, Ebba LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK02 20182
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Individualism, autonomi, jämställdhet, pappamånader, föräldraförsäkring
language
Swedish
id
8965283
date added to LUP
2019-03-21 10:01:01
date last changed
2019-03-21 10:01:01
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  abstract     = {{The debate about Daddy Months in the Swedish parental insurance as a method to increase gender equality is lively. Advocates for Daddy Months mean that making a part of the parental insurance only available to father’s, increases gender equality while opponents mean that they restrict individual autonomy. 
 The biggest debate in today’s political philosophy is supposedly between communitarians and individualists. Two of the Swedish parties in parliament are individualistic in the sense that the they value the individual over the community and mean that the state is supposed to stay neutral in each individual’s life choices. At the same time they argue for different positions in the debate concerning Daddy Months. 
 This paper aims to define an equal autonomy principle based on theories from a number of individualist philosophers. The arguments for Daddy Months are normatively analyzed with the purpose to examine if Daddy Months can be justified according to the equal autonomy principle. The equal autonomy principles goal is that the consequences of state interventions ensure each individuals autonomy. Since the result of Daddy Months have not yet been proven, the question of if they are justified according to the equal autonomy principle is still unanswerable.}},
  author       = {{Holst, Ebba}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Pappamånader - för autonomins skull?}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}