Rights, Justice and the Bounds of Liberty: Essays in Social Philosophy (Princeton Series of Collected Essays)

This volume of essays by one of America's preeminent philosophers in the area of jurisprudence and moral philosophy gathers together fourteen papers that had been published in widely scattered and not readily accessible sources. All of the essays deal with the political ideals of liberty and justice or with hard cases for the application of the concept of a right.Originally published in 1980.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Cover 1 Contents 8 Preface 10 Sources and Acknowledgments 16 1. The Idea of a Free Man 20 2. The Interest in Liberty on the Scales 47 3. Harm and Self-Interest 62 4. "Harmless Immoralities" and Offensive Nuisances 86 5. Legal Paternalism 127 6. Duties, Rights, and Claims 147 7. The Nature and Value of Rights 160 8. The Rights of Animals and Unborn Generations 176 9. Human Duties and Animal Rights 202 10. Is There a Right to Be Born? 224 11. Voluntary Euthanasia and the Inalienable Right to Life 238 12. Duty and Obligation in the Non-Ideal World 269 13. Noncomparative Justice 282 14. Wollaston and His Critics 324 Index 332