Society's drug problem will persist, and debates over how to solve
it will continue, getting nowhere, until we define our terms. This
book is an effort to do just that -- to parse the legal, moral, and
philosophical underpinnings for any discussion of drug policy.
Does liberal political theory, with its commitment to individual
freedom, offer any guidance in the matter of drugs, particularly
regarding their legal status? Do the commitments that citizens of
liberal democracies make -- commitments to ideals such as
rationality, equality, justice, and democratic forms of
decision-making -- have implications for drug policy? These are the
questions addressed in this volume, which explores the
possibilities and limitations of philosophical reflection on this
pressing, practical social issue.
The authors, distinguished political and legal philosophers,
search out the justification of policies that manage problems of
drug consumption and social disintegration, but do so in keeping
with the moral and political commitments of a liberal democratic
society. Their subjects range from the rationality or irrationality
of drug consumption to the scope of liberty; from the proper aims
of legislation to the rhetoric of the war on drugs, particularly as
deployed by former "Drug Czar" William Bennett.
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