Paternalism: A flawed basis for liberty-limiting policies? arguments against benevolent coercion
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/PC2021-3-293" target="_blank" >10.5817/PC2021-3-293</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Paternalism: A flawed basis for liberty-limiting policies? arguments against benevolent coercion
Original language description
This article discusses coercive paternalism, a concept of liberty-limitations that has gained significant attention in recent decades. In opposition to the libertarian type of paternalism proposed by the well-known 'Nudgers' Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein (2008), Sarah Conly (2013) advocates coercive interventions in Against Autonomy: Justifying Coercive Paternalism. Her influential work serves as a basis for scrutinizing the validity of coercive paternalism's presuppositions as well as the internal coherence of the concept. Following the fundamental groundwork of especially Joel Feinberg and Gerald Dworkin, arguments against coercive paternalism are evaluated. They include the reciprocal (rather than unilateral) relationship between the 'present self' and the 'future self' in the paternalist's account, the questionable legitimacy of punishment for self-harming behaviour and of coercion in general, the challenges of so-called 'perfectionism' and slippery-slopes, as well as a misconception about the alleged lack of rationality that serves as a justification for coercive paternalism. The article concludes by suggesting that - given the flaws of the concept - it may be reasonable to favour soft paternalism a la John Stuart Mill based on the harm principle over Conly's proposal for a more extensive form of coercive paternalism.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50601 - Political science
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Politologický časopis
ISSN
1211-3247
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
28
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
21
Pages from-to
293-313
UT code for WoS article
000720385200005
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85118762421