Liberty Autonomy beyond harm Mills and individualistic view

Liberty: Autonomy beyond “harm: ” Mills: and individualistic view of harm-- • What is Stone’s • Single criterion: harm to position on Mill’s others conceptualization of harms? • Clear distinction: behavior that harms others and that Question: from a “harms” which does not perspective, is there a significant difference between a Marriott guest • Liberty and attribute of watching a pay-for-view movie in individuals, not roles or his/her room, and Trevor’s family wanting to clone his embryos? groups in society • Liberty defined in To what extent is the Dunn article about negative: what govt. can “roles or groups” seeking liberty? not do

How do two quotes (right) relate to terms (left)? • What is meant by a sphere of legitimate compulsion? – Who has power over our liberty? – How does info. tech. affect our liberty? • Give examples of nonindividual harms – Structural – Accumulated • The right not to be socially responsible Adrienne Ross has a blunter assessment. "To me, " she told me, "it's like, how dare they tell me that I cannot save my son's life? It's as simple as that. You know, if you want to practice your religion, practice your religion. But not when it interferes with other people's lives. " She continued, "They're telling me, 'Let your child die, because my religious belief is more important than your child's life. ' They can make their choices for their own embryos and they can make their choices for their own children. But they have no right to stop me from saving my son's life. " President Bush had created (an ethics) panel to advise him on controversial matters such as stem-cell research and cloning. "You can help be the conscience of the country, " the President told his new advisers, adding that they would "help people. . . come to grips with how medicine and science interface [with] the dignity of life, and the notion that life is— you know, that there is a Creator. "