Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-234) and index.
Anti-perfectionism and autonomy: Rawls and Richards on neutrality and the Harm principle. Two types of liberalism -- Rawlsian anti-perfectionism -- Anti-perfectionism and autonomy -- Pluralistic perfectionism and autonomy: Raz on 'the proper way to enforce morality'. Perfectionist liberalism -- Joseph Raz's perfectionism -- The value of autonomy -- Perfectionist autonomy and the Harm principle -- Toward a pluralistic perfectionist theory of civil liberties. Introduction -- Freedom of speech -- Freedom of the press -- Privacy -- Freedom of assembly -- Freedom of religion -- Conclusion.
Individual rights and collective interests: Dworkin on 'equal concern and respect'. Introduction -- A critique of Dworkin on individual rights and collective interests -- Dworkin's liberalism and the 'right to privacy' in American political debate -- Dworkin's revised argument from the principle of equality -- Dworkin's recent critique of moral paternalism -- Conclusion -- Taking rights seriously: Waldron on 'the right to do wrong'. Rights and wrongs -- 'Rights' and the grounds of duties not to interfere with moral wrongdoing -- Taking rights seriously: moral rights and humanly important choices.
The central tradition: its value and limits. The 'perfectionism' of the central tradition -- Aristotle on the role of the Polis in making men moral -- Aquinas on the moral aims of law and government -- A critique of Aristotle and Aquinas -- The value and limits of perfectionist law and policy -- Social cohesion and the legal enforcement of morals: a reconsideration of the Hart-Devlin debate. The Hart-Devlin debate -- Devlin's legal moralism -- Hart's critique of Devlin -- A communitarian reinterpretation of the disintegration thesis -- The central tradition versus Devlinism.
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"In 'Making men moral' Robert P. George defends the traditional position on morals legislation against criticisms advanced by leading contemporary liberal theorists."--Back cover.