Paternalistic Intervention : : The Moral Bounds on Benevolence / / Donald Vandeveer.
Donald VanDeVeer probes the moral complexities of the question: under what conditions is it permissible to intervene invasively in the lives of competent persons--for example, by deception, force, or coercive threat--for their own good? In a work with broad significance for law, public policy, profe...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1986 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (466 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- One. The Nature and Scope of Paternalism
- Two. Appeals to Consent
- Three. Appeals to Doing Good
- Four. The Doctrine of Informed Consent
- Five. Death, Sex, Odysseus and the Sirens
- Six. Paternalistic Limits on Risk Taking
- Seven. our Dealings with Incompetents
- Eight. Overview, Reservations, and Implications
- Index