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State paternalism and the neutrality-perfectionism debate
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The purpose of this thesis is to compare the paternalistic implications of two opposing political theories: neutrality and perfectionism. Neutrality holds that the state must not appeal to conceptions of the good as the justification for its decisions. Perfectionism rejects this constraint.
Applied to paternalism, perfectionism makes it permissible for the state to appeal to a conception of the good when it acts paternalistically, that is, interferes with a person for his own good....
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- Publication date:
- 2001
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- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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English
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602363019
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2013-01-21
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- Copyright holder:
- Clarke, S
- Copyright date:
- 2001
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- The digital copy of this thesis has been made available thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky
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