PHIL 329 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Carcinogen, Coumarin, Jeffrey Wigand
5 May 2016
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Use coercion on certain individuals --> restricts liberty. Aim is to prevent the coerced (the harmers) from harming others (the protected) Restriction on the liberty of the harmers lead to the restriction of liberty of the protected. Those that the laws aim to protect would freely choose to expose themselves to the harm if given the choice. Ventilation - dangerous gas detectors - regulations concerning scaffolding - 40 hour work week. Dworkin: these sorts of occupational safety laws are neither pure paternalistic laws nor impure paternalistic laws. No worker would prefer to be forced to work over 40 hours a week. No worker would choose to work in a dangerous environment than a safe environment. The result of restricting the corporation does not lead to a restriction of the liberty of workers (the protected) and therefore is not even a type ii paternalistic law. By removing os laws you increase the choice that workers have (like buying the safer,
