Fair Governance the Enforcement of Morals

Informationen zum Autor Professor Francis H. Buckley is the Foundation Professor and Director of the Law and Economics Center at George Mason School of Law. Klappentext This book discusses the particular conditions necessary for the state to legally interfere with our freedom of choice, whether it be to either satisfy our individual pursuit of happiness (paternalism) or to prevent us from making immoral choices (perfectionism). F.H. Buckley carefully links these two notions of state power with recent empirical literature on judgment biases and happiness studies. The book surveys the literature and then argues for a nuanced form of social perfectionism, one which seeks to promote the kind of liberal nationalism found in the United States. Zusammenfassung Fair Governance: The Enforcement of Morals is a study of legal interference with individual preferences and will canvass the interdisciplinary literature in economics, psychology, philosophy, and law. It discusses the particular conditions necessary for the state to legally interfere with our freedom of choice, whether it be to either satisfy our individual pursuit of happiness (perfectionism) or to prevent us from making immoral choices (paternalism). Relatively few philosophers know much of the parallel literature on this central problem of ethics; while many legal scholars are acquainted with the psychological literature on judgment biases, they are frequently unfamiliar with the philosophical literature on perfectionism. Francis H. Buckley carefully links these two notions of state power with recent empirical literature on judgment biases and happiness studies and surveys the literature, arguing for a nuanced form of social perfectionism, one which seeks to promote the kind of liberal nationalism found in the United States.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: F H Buckley, F. H. Buckley, Francis H. Buckley, Buckley Francis H.
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 24.02.2009
• EAN: 9780195341263
• ISBN: 978-0-19-534126-3
• Pages: 225
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Philosophie: général, ouvrages de référence; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Philosophie > Général, dictionnaires; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Droit > Droit international, droit étranger; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, LAW / Ethics & Professional Responsibility, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Central / national / federal government, Central government, Legal Ethics & Professional Conduct, Legal ethics and professional conduct