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050 00 $aK250$b.H63 1983
100 1 $aHodson, John D.,$d1948-
245 14 $aThe ethics of legal coercion /$cJohn D. Hodson.
260 0 $aDordrecht, Holland ;$aBoston, U.S.A. :$bD. Reidel Pub. Co. ;$aHingham, MA :$bSold and distributed in the U.S.A. and Canada by Kluwer Boston,$cc1983.
300 $axiv, 174 p. ;$c23 cm.
440 0 $aPhilosophical studies series in philosophy ;$vv. 26
500 $aIncludes indexes.
504 $aBibliography: p. 163-168.
505 0 $aCh. 1: The ethics of respect for persons -- Introduction -- Empirical choice -- Rational choice -- Rational empirical choice -- Considered choice -- Unencumbered choice -- Ch. 2: The nature of a limits thesis -- Defining a protected sphere -- Enforcing morality versus preventing harm -- Positive morality versus critical morality -- Which critical morality should be enforced? -- Which specific kinds of conduct are immoral? -- Procedural matters and democracy -- Ch. 3: The harm principle -- Harm and interests -- A respect-for-persons conception of harm -- Ch. 4: Legal paternalism -- The principle of paternalism -- Paternalism and law -- Ch. 5: The welfare principle -- The basis of positive rights -- The plausibility of positive rights -- Positive rights and individual action -- Positive rights, the state, and collective action -- Ch. 6: The principle of community -- Laissez-Faire versus collective control -- The scope of collective control -- Ch. 7: The principle of necessary means -- The principle of necessary means -- Some uses of the principle -- Ch. 8: Exclusionary principles -- The principle of free speech -- The generalized exclusionary principle -- Ch. 9: Punishment -- Punishment and respect for persons -- General justifying aim -- Distribution -- Severity -- Ch. 10: Evaluating Legislation -- The principles of legal coercion -- Taxation and the provision of public goods -- Victimless crime and the enforcement of popular morality: Pornography -- The problem of offensive conduct
650 0 $aLaw and ethics.
650 0 $aLaw$xPhilosophy.
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