In Our Best Interest: A Defense of Paternalism

ISBN-13: 9780190877132 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 288 str.

Jason Hanna

Opis

In Our Best Interest argues that it is permissible to intervene in a person's affairs whenever doing so serves her best interest without wronging others. Jason Hanna makes the case for paternalism, responding to common objections that paternalism is disrespectful or that it violates rights, and arguing that popular anti-paternalist views confront serious problems.

Recenzje

In Our Best Interest is now the best book-length defense of paternalism available. Jason Hanna effectively rebuts the standard arguments against paternalism, then carefully explains why the distinction between 'hard' and 'soft' paternalism, which anti-paternalists rely on to reconcile their position with common sense, is arbitrary. With its calm tone, careful drawing of distinctions, incisive analysis, command of the relevant literature, and skill in separating the essential from non-essential, this book should help readers of all persuasions to clarify their thinking about paternalism — whether it is objectionable and, if so, why.

O autorze

Jason Hanna is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Northern Illinois University. His publications address topics such as the permissibility of paternalism, the nature and viability of deontological constraints on harming, the moral significance of consent, and various issues in applied ethics. He has previously been a Faculty Fellow at Tulane University's Murphy Institute.