In debates over abortion, homosexual conduct, euthanasia, prostitution, drugs, those who call themselves liberals often mount the same basic argument; a socially or morally permissive stance is necessitated towards such practices because people have a right to choose do what ever they like with their own bodies. As John Stuart Mill put it in his [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Joel Feinberg'
Contra Mundum: Consenting Adults and Harm
August 6th, 2011 85 Comments
Tags: Consenting Adults · Contra Mundum · Harm Principle · Investigate Magazine · Irving Kristol · Jan Arneson · Joel Feinberg · John Stuart Mill
Against Liberal Morality
August 10th, 2007 No Comments
In debates over abortion, homosexual conduct, euthanasia, prostitution, drugs. Those who call themselves liberals often mount the same basic argument. A socially or morally permissive stance is necessitated towards such practices because people have a right to choose do what ever they like with their bodies. As Mill put it, The only part of the [...]
Tags: Consenting Adults · Ethics · Joel Feinberg · John Stuart Mill · Libertarianism · Liberty
