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Mills, Christopher E. (2013) The problem of paternal motives. Utilitas, 25 (4). pp. 446-462. doi:10.1017/S0953820813000046 ISSN 0953-8208.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0953820813000046
Abstract
In this article I assess the ability of motivational accounts of paternalism to respond to a particular challenge: can its proponents adequately explain the source of the distinctive form of disrespect that animates this view? In particular I examine the recent argument put forward by Jonathan Quong that we can explain the presumptive wrong of paternalism by relying on a Rawlsian account of moral status. I challenge the plausibility of Quong's argument, claiming that although this approach can provide a clear response to the explanatory challenge, it is only successful in doing so when it relies on the strength of its rival: the argument from personal autonomy. In doing so I illustrate that such responses are conceptually dependent on an account of respect for persons, and thus much of the relevant controversy is actually disagreement over how we respect other individuals.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) J Political Science > JC Political theory |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Paternalism -- Philosophy, Political science, Rawls, John, 1921-2002 -- Influence | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Utilitas | ||||||
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||
ISSN: | 0953-8208 | ||||||
Official Date: | 29 July 2013 | ||||||
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Volume: | 25 | ||||||
Number: | 4 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 446-462 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1017/S0953820813000046 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 8 August 2017 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 8 August 2017 |
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