Liberalism and prostitution / Peter de Marneffe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Marneffe, Peter, 1957- author.

Series:

Oxford political philosophy.

Oxford political philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prostitution.

Liberalism.

Paternalism.

Civil rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 193 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Civil libertarians characterize prostitution as a ""victimless crime,"" and argue that it ought to be legalized. Feminist critics counter that prostitution is not victimless, since it harms the people who do it. Civil libertarians respond that most women freely choose to do this work, and that it is paternalistic for the government to limit a person's liberty for her own good. In this book Peter de Marneffe argues that although most prostitution is voluntary, paternalistic prostitution laws in some form are nonetheless morally justifiable. If prostitution is commonly harmful in the way that fe

Contents:

Introduction

A paternalistic case for prostitution laws

Government moralism

The permissibility of paternalism

Individual rights

Government neutrality and perfectionism.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-992594-1

0-19-045240-4

1-282-33499-9

9786612334993

0-19-972610-8

OCLC:

488599460