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The perversion of autonomy : coercion and constraints in a liberal society

Investigate the contentious intersections of interdependence and autonomy, rights and public responsibility. This title examines the abrasion occurring between America's tradition of personal freedom and privacy, as it rubs against the still valuable if almost vanishing ideals of sacrifice and social order.
Print Book, English, 2003
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Georgetown University Press, Washington, D.C., 2003
x, 293 Seiten ; 23 cm
9780878409068, 0878409068
231975083
Freedom, coercion, and commonsense morality
A self of one's own : the meaning of autonomy
Land of the free : autonomy in American life today
Seduced by autonomy : heeding the Grand Inquisitor and other critics
It's only human nature
Growing up good
Irrational man
The multiple meanings of coercion
In defense of social control : the ethics of coercion
Autonomy gone bonkers : the mentally impaired
Last rights I : decisions to forgo life-sustaining treatment
Last rights II : autonomy, moral trespass, and physician-assisted suicide
Beyond autonomy : toward an ethic of interdependence