In Our Best Interest: A Defense of Paternalism

by Jason Hanna

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When, if ever, is it permissible to intervene in a person's affairs for his or her own good? This, in essence, is the moral problem of paternalism.

Many consider paternalism morally objectionable. In this book, Jason Hanna argues boldly for an alternative pro-paternalist view: that intervention is permissible so long as it serves the best interest of the person subject to it, without thereby wronging others. To Hanna, the moral debate over...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0190877138

ISBN13:9780190877132

Release Date:October 2018

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:288 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"

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Philosophy

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