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Paternalism : theory and practice /

"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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Coons, Christian (Editor ), Weber, Michael (Michael E.) (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. Paternalism : issues and trends / Christian Coons and Michael Weber
  • Defining paternalism / Gerald Dworkin
  • Penal paternalism / Douglas Husak
  • Self-sovereignty and paternalism / Peter de Marneffe
  • The right to autonomy and the justification of hard paternalism / Danny Scoccia
  • Moral environmentalism / Steven Wall
  • Kantian paternalism and suicide intervention / Michael Cholbi
  • Paternalism and the principle of fairness / Richard Arneson
  • Paternalism in economics / Daniel M. Haybron and Anna Alexandrovna
  • Choice architecture: a mechanism for improving decisions while preserving liberty? / Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby
  • A psychological defense of paternalism / Jeremy A. Blumenthal
  • Libertarian paternalism, utilitarianism, and justice / Jamie Kelly
  • Voluntary enslavement / Lawrence Alexander
  • Paternalism, (school) choice and opportunity / Sigal Ben-Porath.
  • EnforceabilityAn anti-paternalist objection to the principle of fairness; No hard paternalism?; Is paternalism morally objectionable?; Conclusion; 8 Paternalism in economics; Introduction; What is minimalism?; What is paternalism?; Is minimalism paternalistic?; On the distinction between values and preferences; Avoiding paternalism; Conclusion: Burying the minimalist nanny state; 9 Choice Architecture: A mechanism for improving decisions while preserving liberty?; Introduction; Making people better off; What does ""better off"" mean?; Who is made ""better off""?
  • The problem of cognitive and affective biases and errors affecting the choice architect's judgmentMotivational problems such as indifference, conflicts of interest, or malevolence affecting the choice architectś judgment; Compatibility with individual liberty; The problem of manipulation and the transparency requirement; The problem of blocking or burdening choices; What would a true libertarian do?; 10 A psychological defense of paternalism; Introduction; Autonomy objections; Will they? Can they?42; Perceptions of paternalism; ""Light"" paternalism; ""Positive"" paternalism.