The perversion of autonomy : coercion and constraints in a liberal society
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Abstract
Preface 1. Freedom, Coercion, and Commonsense Morality Part IThe Culture of Autonomy 2. A Self of One's Own: The Meaning of Autonomy3. Land of the Free: Autonomy in American Life Today4. Seduced by Autonomy: Heeding the Grand Inquisitor and Other Critics Part IIThe Biological Limits of Autonomy 5. It's Only Human Nature6. Growing Up Good7. Irrational Man Part IIIThe Ethical Limits of Autonomy and the Uses of Coercion 8. The Multiple Meanings of Coercion9. In Defense of Social Control: The Ethics of Coercion10. Autonomy Gone Bonkers: The Mentally Impaired11. Last Rights I: Decisions o Forgo Life-Sustaining Medical Treatment12. Last Rights II: Autonomy, Moral Trespass, and Physician-Assissted Suicide13. Beyond Autonomy: Toward an Ethic of Interdependence NotesIndex