Author: Joel Feinberg
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1989-08-17
Total Pages: 445
ISBN-13: 0195059239
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
Book Synopsis The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law: Volume 3: Harm to Self by : Joel Feinberg
Download or read book The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law: Volume 3: Harm to Self written by Joel Feinberg and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1989-08-17 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.