Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
1983
Abstract
Some years ago, I wrote an essay entitled "Justifications for Paternalism." That essay is here revised, and expanded by the addition of a new topic. Many readers of the original version did not understand that the two principal sections presented arguments that were quite independent. I would therefore emphasize that in the present version the three principal sections (II, III, and IV) are separable one from another. Not surprisingly, in an essay so disconnected, I reach no general conclusions I have much confidence in. I suspect the reason for the failure is that I have been insufficiently daring in rejecting common premises for thinking about the problem. That, however, is a story for another time.
Publication Information & Recommended Citation
Regan, Donald H. "Paternalism, Freedom, Identity, and Commitment." In Paternalism, edited by R. Sartorius, 113-38. Minneapolis: Univ. of Minnesota Press, 1983.