Don’t mess with my smokes: cigarettes and freedom

Bovens, Luc (2016) Don’t mess with my smokes: cigarettes and freedom. American Journal of Bioethics, 16 (7). pp. 15-17. ISSN 1526-5161

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Abstract

Considerations of objective-value freedom and status freedom do impose constraints on policies that restrict access to cigarettes. As to the objective-value freedom, something of value is lost when anti-alcohol policies lead to pub closures interfering with valued life styles, and a similar, though weaker, argument can be made for cigarettes. As to status freedom, non-arbitrariness requires consultation with vulnerable populations to learn what might aid them with smoking cessation.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://www.tandfonline.com/
Additional Information:	© 2016 Taylor & Francis
Divisions:	Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) H Social Sciences > HX Socialism. Communism. Anarchism
Date Deposited:	18 Apr 2016 09:17
Last Modified:	25 Apr 2024 02:00
Funders:	University Center for Human Values of Princeton University
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/66154

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