Open AccessBeyond the one-child policy: a response to Conly
Author(s) -
Julian Roche
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the journal of population and sustainability
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2398-5496
pISSN - 2398-5488
DOI - 10.3197/jps.2017.2.1.61
Subject(s) - paternalism , population , public policy , law and economics , control (management) , political science , limit (mathematics) , sociology , public economics , economics , positive economics , law , mathematics , demography , management , mathematical analysis
The problems with Conly’s proposed ‘one-child’ policy are a good example of where the attempt to limit paternalism becomes self-defeating, and actually ends up potentially aiding the case against controlling population rather than promoting it, as well as negatively influencing the debate about paternalism more generally. There are many better potential ways of developing public policy towards population control than a ‘one-child’ policy that synchronise with richer ways to understand individual interests.