RT Article
T1 Legal Coercion, Respect & Reason-Responsive Agency
JF Ethical theory and moral practice
VO 17
IS 5
SP 847
OP 859
A1 Lee, Ambrose Y. K.
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V
YR 2014
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1687921962
AB Legal coercion seems morally problematic because it is susceptible to the Hegelian objection that it fails to respect individuals in a way that is ‘due to them as men'. But in what sense does legal coercion fail to do so? And what are the grounds for this requirement to respect? This paper is an attempt to answer these questions. It argues that (a) legal coercion fails to respect individuals as reason-responsive agents; and (b) individuals ought to be respected as such in virtue of the fact that they are human beings. Thus it is in this sense that legal coercion fails to treat individuals with the kind of respect ‘due to them as men'.
K1 Autonomy
K1 Equality
K1 Legal coercion
K1 Reason-responsive
K1 Respect
DO 10.1007/s10677-013-9486-4