PHIL 120W Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Selective Enforcement, Prohibition Of Drugs, Drug Liberalization
11 Apr 2016
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Textbook: contemporary debates in applied ethics, cohen and wellman (eds. ) (wiley. Key arg: utilitarian argument if there is black-market supply, the state has the right to regulate harmful substances. (2) & (4) no legalization of drugs. (1) & (3) decriminalization of drugs is okay: cause harm to others. Drug abuse due to increase use to drugs. Notes: is not arguing for non-legalization of production and sale. Reply to paternalism objection: i am against drug legalization i am for drug decriminalization. (346) General: total prohibition/zero tolerance: production, distribution or possession of any.
