The moral limits of the criminal law. Volume 3, Harm to self

This volume tackles the riddles associated with the commonly proposed principle called 'legal paternalism'. It evaluates (and rejects) the principle that it can be right to impose coercion on a person 'for his own good', whatever his own wishes in the matter.

Weitere Titel:

Harm to self

1. Verfasser:

Feinberg, Joel

Format:

Elektronisch E-Book

Sprache:

Englisch

Veröffentlicht:

New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1986.

Zusammenfassung:

This volume tackles the riddles associated with the commonly proposed principle called 'legal paternalism'. It evaluates (and rejects) the principle that it can be right to impose coercion on a person 'for his own good', whatever his own wishes in the matter.

Umfang:

1 online resource (xxiii, 420 p.) : ill.

Bibliografie:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199869473 (ebook) :

Schlagworte:

Criminal law > Philosophy.

Criminal law > Moral and ethical aspects.

Crimes without victims.

Bezugswerke:

Print version: 9780195059236

Links:

DOI - Oxford scholarship online

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