Liberalism and Prostitution

by Peter de Marneffe

Book Overview

Civil libertarians characterize prostitution as a "victimless crime," and argue that it ought to be legalized. Feminist critics counter that prostitution is not victimless, since it harms the people who do it. Civil libertarians respond that most women freely choose to do this work, and that it is paternalistic for the government to limit a person's liberty for her own good. In this book Peter de Marneffe argues that although most prostitution is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199925941
• ISBN13: 9780199925940
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"