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Author:

Gaylin, Willard.

Title:

The perversion of autonomy : coercion and constraints in a liberal society / Willard Gaylin & Bruce Jennings.

Edition:

Rev. and expanded.

Publisher:

Georgetown University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

x, 293 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Individualism--United States.
Libertarianism--United States.
Civil society--United States.
Social ethics--United States.
Involuntary treatment--United States.

Other Authors:

Jennings, Bruce, 1949-

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

9780878409068 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0878409068 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)50519243

LCCN:

2002013910

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)