Fair Governance

Paternalism and Perfectionism

By: F.H. Buckley

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Hardcover | 30 April 2009

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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. F.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.

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"Frank Buckley writes with wonderful clarity and accessibility about an important subject, one that has recently become as important as ever before." -- Gerard Alexander, University of Virginia

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Non-Fiction Society & Culture Social Groups Social Classes Philosophy Ethics & Moral Philosophy Psychology The Self, Ego, Identity, Personality Law Jurisprudence & General Issues Jurisprudence & Philosophy of Law Politics & Government

Central Government Legal Profession in General Legal Ethics & Professional Conduct

Preface	p. ix
Voluntary Servitude	p. 1
Paternalism and Perfectionism	p. 3
Hierarchic Paternalism	p. 19
Cognitive Paternalism	p. 31
Akrasia	p. 51
Information Costs	p. 79
Happiness	p. 97
Endogenous Preferences	p. 113
Perfectionism	p. 133
Private Perfectionism	p. 135
Social Perfectionism	p. 157
An Extension: Nationalism	p. 183
Conclusion	p. 199
Notes	p. 203
Index	p. 221
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