Format:
1 online resource (216 pages)
ISBN:
9781139845076
Content:
Argues that laws that enforce what is good for the individual's well-being, or hinder what is bad, are morally justified.
Content:
Cover -- AGAINST AUTONOMY -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: The argument -- OUTLINE OF CHAPTERS -- CHAPTER 1 Why value autonomy? -- PATERNALISM -- COGNITIVE BIAS -- SOLUTIONS -- Liberalism -- Education -- Experience -- Libertarian paternalism -- Coercive paternalism -- RESPECT -- Inequality -- Degradation -- IS THIS CONTROVERSIAL? -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 2 Individuality -- THE HARM PRINCIPLE -- Individuality -- Conformity -- Regulation and liberation -- ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL -- INFANTILIZATION -- Institutional support -- Habituation and education -- Legislative limits -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 3 Alienation, authenticity, and affect -- PSYCHOLOGICAL COHERENCE -- ALIENATION -- INAUTHENTICITY AND "PERSONAL" AUTONOMY -- AFFECT -- SELF-ESTEEM -- ALIENATION: RESPONSE -- INAUTHENTICITY AND PERSONAL AUTONOMY: RESPONSE -- AFFECT: RESPONSE -- SELF-ESTEEM: RESPONSE -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 4 Misuse and abuse: perfectionism and preferences -- ERRORS OF SCOPE -- Perfectionism versus subjective welfare -- Moral perfectionism -- Welfare perfectionism -- The rejection of perfectionism -- ERRORS OF CALCULATION -- Cognitive error -- Mistakes about welfare -- Indeterminacy -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 5 Misuse and abuse: punishment and privacy -- PUNISHMENT -- Observation and revelation -- PRIVACY -- Paternalistic record keeping -- Government oversight -- The database problem -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 6 Applications -- WHEN IS COERCIVE PATERNALISM JUSTIFIED? -- CASES -- The New York City trans-fats ban -- The New York City food stamp soda ban -- Portion size regulation -- Cigarettes -- EXTENSIONS -- REPRISE: BUT IS THIS HARD PATERNALISM? -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 7 Final justifications -- LIMITS -- COUNTERVAILING CONSIDERATIONS: PATERNALISTIC VIRTUES -- The duty to aid: compassion.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107024847
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781107024847
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1057526
