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Imposing values : an essay on liberalism and regulation / N. Scott Arnold.

Author/creator Arnold, N. Scott
Other author/creatorOxford University Press.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,
Descriptionxvii, 486 p. ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online
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Supplemental Content Full text available from Oxford Scholarship Online Philosophy
Subject(s)
Series Oxford political philosophy
Oxford political philosophy.
Contents Rights, public goods, and externalities -- Two views of the proper role of government -- Fundamental rights -- Public goods -- Externalities -- Private and public property -- Ownership of productive assets -- Tax policy -- Transfer programs -- Liberal conceptions of private property -- Ownership of productive assets and personal property : some traditional incidents -- The right to manage -- The right of disposition -- Ownership of labor and human capital -- Self-ownership -- The modern liberal regulatory agenda -- Economic regulation -- Noneconomic regulation and the modern liberal regulatory agenda -- Common ground arguments -- Presuppositions of a market economy -- Fundamental rights and negative externalities -- Public goods problems and public goods arguments -- Public goods and collective values -- Regulation and collective values -- Regulatory public goods -- The private provision of regulatory public goods -- Nonmedical consumer product safety -- Occupational licensure -- Land use regulation -- Regulation of the employment relation -- Conversion arguments : employment law -- Conversion arguments -- Minimum wage and overtime pay -- Equal pay for equal work -- Family and medical leave -- Regulation of collective bargaining -- Conversion arguments : antidiscrimination law -- Discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, and national origin -- Sex discrimination -- Age discrimination -- Discrimination on the basis of disability -- Conversion arguments : health and safety regulation -- Occupational safety and health regulation -- Consumer product health and safety regulation : the Food and Drug Administration -- Nonmedical consumer product health and safety regulation -- Occupational licensure -- Conversion arguments : land use regulation -- The Endangered Species Act -- Section 404 of the Clean Water Act -- Imposing values -- Deciding on the proper scope of government -- Public justification -- The problem of faction and its relevance -- The transparency requirement -- Applications -- The antidiscrimination regulatory regime -- The occupational safety and health regulatory regime -- The medical products regulatory regime.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 453-476) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2008029351
ISBN9780195374964 (alk. paper)
ISBN0195374967 (alk. paper)