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The perversion of autonomy : coercion and constraints in a liberal society
- Title
- The perversion of autonomy : coercion and constraints in a liberal society / Willard Gaylin & Bruce Jennings.
- Author
- Gaylin, Willard.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2003.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Jennings, Bruce, 1949-
- Description
- x, 293 p.; 23 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-280) and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 03-7957
- ISBN
- 0878409068 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2002013910
- OCLC
- 50519243
- Author
- Gaylin, Willard.
- Title
- The perversion of autonomy : coercion and constraints in a liberal society / Willard Gaylin & Bruce Jennings.
- Imprint
- Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2003.
- Edition
- Rev. and expanded.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-280) and index.
- Added Author
- Jennings, Bruce, 1949-
- Research Call Number
- JFE 03-7957