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Against Autonomy - Justifying Coercive Paternalism (Hardcover, New)
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Against Autonomy - Justifying Coercive Paternalism (Hardcover, New)
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Since Mill's seminal work On Liberty, philosophers and political
theorists have accepted that we should respect the decisions of
individual agents when those decisions affect no one other than
themselves. Indeed, to respect autonomy is often understood to be
the chief way to bear witness to the intrinsic value of persons. In
this book, Sarah Conly rejects the idea of autonomy as inviolable.
Drawing on sources from behavioural economics and social
psychology, she argues that we are so often irrational in making
our decisions that our autonomous choices often undercut the
achievement of our own goals. Thus in many cases it would advance
our goals more effectively if government were to prevent us from
acting in accordance with our decisions. Her argument challenges
widely held views of moral agency, democratic values and the
public/private distinction, and will interest readers in ethics,
political philosophy, political theory and philosophy of law.
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