Fair governance
Subtitle: the enforcement of morals
By: Francis H. Buckley.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780195341263
Subjects: Paternalism; Akrasia; Perfectionism (Personality trait)
Description: This 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Paternalism and perfectionism; title: Hierarchic paternalism; title: Cognitive paternalism; title: Akrasia; title: Information costs; title: Happiness; title: Endogenous preferences; title: Private perfectionism; title: Social perfectionism; title: An extension : nationalism.