In Harm's Way: Essays in Honor of Joel FeinbergJoel Feinberg, Jules L. Coleman, Allen Buchanan For several decades the work of Joel Feinberg has been the most influential in legal, political, and social philosophy in the English-speaking world. This volume honors that body of work by presenting fifteen original essays, many of them by leading legal and political philosophers, that explore the problems that have engaged Feinberg over the years. Among the topics covered are issues of autonomy, responsibility, and liability. It will be a collection of interest to anyone working in moral, legal, or political philosophy. |
Contents
Preface page vii | 12 |
The argument from liberty | 16 |
CONTENTS | 21 |
Autonomy and preference formation | 42 |
Critical analysis and constructive interpretation | 76 |
Liberalism free speech and justice for minorities | 92 |
Liberalism and the new skeptics | 122 |
Tort liability and the limits of corrective justice | 139 |
Responsibility for consequences | 183 |
Some ruminations on women violence and the criminal law | 209 |
Force consent and the reasonable woman | 231 |
Selfdefense | 255 |
Legal and moral reflections | 290 |
Fetalmaternal conflicts | 324 |
Benign and malign morality | 344 |
Liberalism retribution and criminality | 159 |
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