PHIL 307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Zoophilia, Libertarian Paternalism, Paternalism
26 May 2016
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There is only one legitimate justification for impeding liberty. That is to prevent a person from doing something that may impose a significant risk of harm on other people. The state may not interfere with my liberty for other reasons. They cannot regulate things that don"t harm anybody. Regulations that limit the size / number of billboards. You are making a decision, but we have decided that it"s bad for you and are not allowing that decision. Soft paternalism deals with decisions that aren"t autonomous (hard paternalists are willing to interfere with people"s fully autonomous choices) To what extend do we think the harm principle regulates our actual political. We license some things but we do not license other things. Laws against suicide / commitment of the suicidal. Social security (withholding part of your salary every month for retirement payments after you retire) Applies only to human beings in the maturity of their faculties.
