Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 January 2009
In his Comment on my article Peter Morriss raises several interesting points, but in this reply I shall try to show that the objections he makes to my analysis are not convincing. I consider first the more general arguments grouped under my ‘second error’. This permits consideration of the ‘first error’ to be placed in the context of anti-paternalist liberal arguments.
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3 As I argue shortly, the liberal would also require intervention if the desire to drink the sulphuric acid had been acquired as a result of the use of force against the person.