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This paper analyses J.S. Mill's theory on the relationships between individual autonomy and State powers.
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This article shows that Mill was more paternalistic that is generally assumed. It describes Mill's elastic paternalism designed to prevent people from inflicting harm upon others as well as upon themselves, from soft paternalism on issues like compulsory education to hard paternalism on very private matters such as marriage, having children, and divorce by consent.
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This is the result of studying Mill since 1987 and closely reading his major writings
Professor Raphael Cohen-Almagor
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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This page is a summary of: Between Autonomy and State Regulation: J.S. Mill's Elastic Paternalism, Philosophy, October 2012, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s0031819112000411.
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