Against Autonomy : Justifying Coercive Paternalism.
Material type: TextPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (216 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781139845076Subject(s): Autonomy (Philosophy) | Choice (Psychology) | Decision making -- Philosophy | Decision making -- Political aspects | PaternalismGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Against Autonomy : Justifying Coercive PaternalismDDC classification: 123.5 LOC classification: JA71 .C575 2013Online resources: Click to ViewCover -- 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.
Recognition that we are all prone to mistakes: humility -- AUTONOMY REVISITED -- Self-conception -- Control -- INTUITIONS, AND WHAT THEY ARE WORTH -- CONCLUSION -- Select bibliography -- Index.
Argues that laws that enforce what is good for the individual's well-being, or hinder what is bad, are morally justified.
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