In Our Best Interest: A Defense of Paternalism

by Jason Hanna

When, if ever, is it permissible to intervene in a person's affairs for his or her own good? This, in essence, is the moral problem of paternalism.

Many consider paternalism morally objectionable. In this book, Jason Hanna argues boldly for an alternative pro-paternalist view: that intervention is permissible so long as it serves the best interest of the person subject to it, without thereby wronging others. To Hanna, the moral debate over...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190877138
• ISBN13: 9780190877132
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"