Paternalism : theory and practice / / edited by Christian Coons and Michael Weber.

"Is it allowable for your government, or anyone else, to influence or coerce you 'for your own sake'? This is a question about paternalism, or interference with a person's liberty or autonomy with the intention of promoting their good or averting harm, which has created considera...

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Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
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Physical Description:viii, 283 p.
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  • Machine generated contents note: Introduction: paternalism - issues and trends Christian Coons and Michael Weber; 1. Defining paternalism Gerald Dworkin; 2. Penal paternalism Douglas Husak; 3. Self-sovereignty and paternalism Peter de Marneffe; 4. The right to autonomy and the justification of hard paternalism Danny Scoccia; 5. Moral environmentalism Steven Wall; 6. Kantian paternalism and suicide intervention Michael Cholbi; 7. Paternalism and the principle of fairness Richard Arneson; 8. Paternalism in economics Daniel M. Haybron and Anna Alexandrovna; 9. Choice architecture: a mechanism for improving decisions while preserving liberty? Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby; 10. A psychological defense of paternalism Jeremy A. Blumenthal; 11. Libertarian paternalism, utilitarianism, and justice Jamie Kelly; 12. Voluntary enslavement Lawrence Alexander; 13. Paternalism, (school) choice and opportunity Sigal Ben-Porath.