Paternalism: theory and practice
by Coons, Christian Weber, Michael, (Michael E.)
Should the government influence or coerce us for our 'own good'? This volume discusses specific applications in policy and law.
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- Full title :Paternalism : theory and practice / edited by Christian Coons and Michael Weber.
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Should the government influence or coerce us for our 'own good'? This volume discusses specific applications in policy and law.
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- Publication Date:2013.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2013.
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Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed on 06 Mar 2013).
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The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (290 p.)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781107308848, 1107308844, 9781139179003, 1139179004
- oclc:ocn940076109
- Dewey Decimal:323.01
Table of Contents
2 Penal paternalism3 Self-sovereignty and paternalism; The scope of self-sovereignty; Drug and prostitution laws; The priority of self-sovereignty; Anti-paternalism; 4 The right to autonomy and the justification of hard paternalism; Hard/soft and strict/loose paternalism; Some competing accounts of the right to autonomy: Feinberg's, the libertarian's, and CP; Some possible views about the right's strength and scope; Against an ""absolute"" right to autonomy; 5 Moral environmentalism; Moral environmentalism in focus; A presumptive case for moral environmentalism; Personal autonomy.
Autonomy as an ethical idealAutonomy as a sovereign right; Enforcing morality; Perspectival autonomy; From principle to practice; Conclusion; 6 Kantian paternalism and suicide intervention; Kantian paternalism described; Instrumental irrationality and our normative powers; The irrationality of suicide; Kantian paternalism at its limits: Suicidal nihilism; Conclusion; 7 Paternalism and the principle of fairness; An example; Nozick and a revised principle of fairness; The amended principle and some further objections; Why excludability?; No harm, no wrong; Voluntary acceptance of benefits.
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