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Throughline: NPR – Vaccination

Posted By llad On June 26, 2020 @ 7:59 pm In | Comments Disabled

“It’s a longstanding fight in the U.S., whether people can opt out of vaccination if that means jeopardizing the greater public’s health. In this episode, we look back at a 1905 Supreme Court case that set a precedent for whether or not the state can enforce compulsory vaccinations.”

Podcast (23 minutes). 

tags: common good, classical republicanism, natural rights, individual rights


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