On two ways to expand on the harm principle

Rodrigo Jungmann de Castro

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Rodrigo Jungmann de Castro Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0619-9693

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John Stuart Mill. Harm Principle. Public opinion. Liberalism.

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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.

Biografía del autor/a

Rodrigo Jungmann de Castro, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)

Doutorado em Filosofia pela University of California, Riverside, onde também desempenhou atividades de ensino. Atualmente é Professor Adjunto II na Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE).

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