Argues that laws that enforce what is good for the individual's well-being, or hinder what is bad, are morally justified.

Since Mill's seminal work On Liberty, philosophers and political theorists have accepted that we should respect the decisions of individual agents when those de

This book investigates "cultural instruments," meaning normative forms of analysis and practice that are central to Western culture. It explores their history f

Nietzsche is a central figure in our modern understanding of the individual as freely determining his or her own values. These essays by leading Nietzsche schol

The notion that consent based on the concept of autonomy, underpins a good or beneficent medical intervention is deeply rooted in the jurisprudence of most coun