On two ways to expand on the harm principle
In this article I survey the historical antecedents of what has been commonly referred to as John Stuart Mill´s Harm Principle and some of the ways in which the principle has been discussed in the work of recent analytic philosophers. Subsequently, in the article`s substantive core, I focus entirel...
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In this article I survey the historical antecedents of what has been commonly referred to as John Stuart Mill´s Harm Principle and some of the ways in which the principle has been discussed in the work of recent analytic philosophers. Subsequently, in the article`s substantive core, I focus entirely on what Mill refers to as the “moral coercion of public opinion”. Here I address matters which I take to underexplored in the literature, namely some difficulties that arise for Mill´s treatment in connection with our ordinary notions concerning politeness and social avoidance. Though the problem of avoidance has been addressed by Dan Threet and John Dilulio, among others, I believe that my approach to the problems created by Mill`s take on politeness is entirely original with me. Considering the foregoing, I propose adding two supplementary clauses to the Harm Principle. I conclude by presenting a modern statement of said principle.
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| spelling | doaj-art-db0d40a953874a2e9f370336191214dc2025-01-03T00:10:38ZporUniversidade Federal do CearáArgumentos1984-42471984-42552024-12-0116esp.On two ways to expand on the harm principleRodrigo Jungmann de Castro0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0619-9693Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) In this article I survey the historical antecedents of what has been commonly referred to as John Stuart Mill´s Harm Principle and some of the ways in which the principle has been discussed in the work of recent analytic philosophers. Subsequently, in the article`s substantive core, I focus entirely on what Mill refers to as the “moral coercion of public opinion”. Here I address matters which I take to underexplored in the literature, namely some difficulties that arise for Mill´s treatment in connection with our ordinary notions concerning politeness and social avoidance. Though the problem of avoidance has been addressed by Dan Threet and John Dilulio, among others, I believe that my approach to the problems created by Mill`s take on politeness is entirely original with me. Considering the foregoing, I propose adding two supplementary clauses to the Harm Principle. I conclude by presenting a modern statement of said principle. http://periodicos.ufc.br/argumentos/article/view/94440John Stuart Mill. Harm Principle. Public opinion. Liberalism. |
| spellingShingle | Rodrigo Jungmann de Castro On two ways to expand on the harm principle Argumentos John Stuart Mill. Harm Principle. Public opinion. Liberalism. |
| title | On two ways to expand on the harm principle |
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| topic | John Stuart Mill. Harm Principle. Public opinion. Liberalism. |
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