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Fact 17.2.1 Should Childhood Vaccines Be Mandatory?
While Canadian vaccination rates are high, the outbreaks of measles in five provinces during 2014 show that not everyone is getting them. There is no national policy making vaccinations mandatory, although Ontario, New Brunswick and Manitoba require public school students to show their immunization records to attend school.
Source: CBC Radio, April 15, 2014
-Refer to Fact 17.2.1. Someone who doesn't get vaccinated against measles is a "free rider" because if everyone in a neighbourhood except one person gets vaccinated, then the unvaccinated person
Past Causes
The events or actions that have happened in the past and have led to the occurrence of current events or situations.
Soft Determinism
A thesis that accepts determinism but claims that certain kinds of causes—namely, a person’s character—will allow us to call his or her actions free. The soft determinist is therefore a compatibilist, who believes in both freedom and determinism.
Responsible
Having an obligation to do something, or having control over or care for someone, as part of one's job or role.
Determined Actions
Refers to actions whose outcomes are influenced or dictated by prior conditions or laws, suggesting a lack of free will.
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