Drugs and the Limits of Liberalism : Moral and Legal Issues / Pablo De Greiff.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

De Greiff, Pablo, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug abuse--Government policy--United States.

Drug abuse.

Drug abuse--Moral and ethical aspects.

Drug abuse--United States--Prevention.

Liberalism--Moral and ethical aspects.

Liberalism.

Political Science & Political History.

Local Subjects:

Political Science & Political History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : 6 drawings

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Society's drug problem will persist, and debates over how to solve it will continue, getting nowhere, until we define our terms. This book is an effort to do just that-to parse the legal, moral, and philosophical underpinnings for any discussion of drug policy. Does liberal political theory, with its commitment to individual freedom, offer any guidance in the matter of drugs, particularly regarding their legal status? Do the commitments that citizens of liberal democracies make-commitments to ideals such as rationality, equality, justice, and democratic forms of decision-making-have implications for drug policy? These are the questions addressed in this volume, which explores the possibilities and limitations of philosophical reflection on this pressing, practical social issue.The authors, distinguished political and legal philosophers, search out the justification of policies that manage problems of drug consumption and social disintegration, but do so in keeping with the moral and political commitments of a liberal democratic society. Their subjects range from the rationality or irrationality of drug consumption to the scope of liberty; from the proper aims of legislation to the rhetoric of the war on drugs, particularly as deployed by former "Drug Czar" William Bennett.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Liberal Commitments and the Problem of Drugs / Greiff, Pablo De

PART I. RATIONALITY AND DRUGS

CHAPTER ONE. Rationality and Addiction / Elster, Jon

CHAPTER TWO. The Irrationality of Addiction And Does It Matter? / Pogge, Thomas

PART II. LIBERAL POLITICAL MORALITY AND DRUGS

CHAPTER THREE. Liberty and Drugs / Moore, Michael

CHAPTER FOUR. Liberalism, Inalienability, and Rights of Drug Use / Freeman, Samuel

Part III. Democracy, Politics, and Drugs

CHAPTER FIVE. Drugs and Democracy / Moon, J. Donald

CHAPTER SIX. Drugs, National Sovereignty, and Democratic Legitimacy / Greiff, Pablo De

CHAPTER SEVEN. Drugs, the Nation, and Freelancing: Decoding the Moral Universe of William Bennett / Connolly, William E.

Notes

Notes on Contributors

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781501721212

1501721216

OCLC:

1083582419