Is The New York City Soda Ban Justified?
By Eldar Sarajlic, Central European University
Can paternalism be good for us? The political theory behind government efforts to make us healthier.
Eldar Sarajlic
Disciplines:
Philosophy & Political ScienceEldar Sarajlic is a Ph.D. candidate at the Central European University in Budapest and is currently a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University in New York City. Eldar writes about competing interpretations of liberalism and advocates a critical approach to some of the defining liberal themes, such as personal autonomy, limits of institutional interference in individual affairs, and state neutrality. He also writes about issues of citizenship in Southeastern Europe. In a recent study, Eldar analyzed the overlapping citizenship regimes in the Balkans in relation to dominant notions and principles of social justice. As a passionate photographer, he merges philosophy and photography through www.thephotosophy.com.
