The Ethics of Legal Coercion

One: The Ethics of Respect for Persons.- 1.1. Introduction.- 1.2. Empirical Choice.- 1.3. Rational Choice.- 1.4. Rational Empirical Choice.- 1.5. Considered Choice.- 1.6. Unencumbered Choice.- Two: The Nature of a Limits Thesis.- 2.1. Introduction.- 2.2. Defining a Protected Sphere.- 2.3. Enforcing Morality versus Preventing Harm.- 2.4. Positive Morality versus Critical Morality.- 2.5. Which Critical Morality Should be Enforced?.- 2.6. Which Specific Kinds of Conduct Are Immoral?.- 2.7. Procedural Matters and Democracy.- 2.8. Conclusions.- Three: The Harm Principle.- 3.1. Harm and Interests.- 3.2. A Respect-for-Persons Conception of Harm.- Four: Legal Paternalism.- 4.1. The Principle of Paternalism.- 4.2. Paternalism and Law.- Five: The Welfare Principle.- 5.1. Introduction.- 5.2. The Basis of Positive Rights.- 5.3. The Plausibility of Positive Rights.- 5.4. Positive Rights and Individual Action.- 5.5. Positive Rights, the State, and Collective Action.- Six: The Principle of Community.- 6.1. Introduction.- 6.2. Laissez-Faire versus Collective Control.- 6.3. The Scope of Collective Control.- Seven: The Principle of Necessary Means.- 7.1. Introduction.- 7.2. The Principle of Necessary Means.- 7.3. Some Uses of the Principle.- Eight: Exclusionary Principles.- 8.1. Introduction.- 8.2. The Principle of Free Speech.- 8.3. The Generalized Exclusionary Principle.- Nine: Punishment.- 9.1. Introduction.- 9.2. Punishment and Respect for Persons.- 9.3. General Justifying Aim.- 9.4. Distribution.- 9.5. Severity.- Ten: Evaluating Legislation.- 10.1. The Principles of Legal Coercion.- 10.2. Taxation and the Provision of Public Goods.- 10.3. Victimless Crimes and the Enforcement of Popular Morality: Pornography.- 10.4. The Problem of Offensive Conduct.- 10.5. Concluding Remarks.- Notes.- Selected Bibliography.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.