Exam 11: Pornography

John Stewart Mill, in the selection from "On Liberty," argues that over one's own body and mind, the individual

To say that something is immoral necessarily implies that it also ought to be illegal.

The harm principle argues that people involved in pornography

Which of the following is not mentioned as a form of pornography in MacKinnon's text?

According to Legal Paternalism a society may make legal regulations that prevent people from doing serious harm to themselves.

Ann Garry suggests that Catherine MacKinnon and Andrea Dworkin drafted civil ordinances that categorize pornography as

Legal paternalism refers to preventing people who participate in pornography from doing harm to

John Stuart Mill's views exemplify the principle of legal moralism.

Label the following as examples of the following types of "liberty-limiting principles"-- the harm principle (H), the social harm principle (SH), the offence principle (O), legal paternalism (LP), or legal moralism (LM) The basis of the view that one can only restrict people's right to smoke if and to the extent that it endangers the health of others.

Label the following as examples of the following types of "liberty-limiting principles"-- the harm principle (H), the social harm principle (SH), the offence principle (O), legal paternalism (LP), or legal moralism (LM) The reason why a tobacco company that manufactured cigarettes that caused a man's emphysema might be held legally liable for damages.

Label the following as examples of the following types of "liberty-limiting principles"-- the harm principle (H), the social harm principle (SH), the offence principle (O), legal paternalism (LP), or legal moralism (LM) Regulations of pornographic displays on the grounds and in cases where a nonconsenting adult cannot avoid seeing and being upset (feeling shame or being made to feel ill at ease) by them.

Which of the following is not listed among the Liberty Limiting Principles?

Label the following as examples of the following types of "liberty-limiting principles"-- the harm principle (H), the social harm principle (SH), the offence principle (O), legal paternalism (LP), or legal moralism (LM) The view that prostitution involves perverted and improper uses of sex and thus is wrong and ought on those grounds to be legally prohibited.

According to the Social Harm principle, if some society is a free market society and some practices are a serious threat to it, then these practices can be curtailed by legal force.

Label the following as examples of the following types of "liberty-limiting principles"-- the harm principle (H), the social harm principle (SH), the offence principle (O), legal paternalism (LP), or legal moralism (LM) Prohibition of certain types of pornography as contributing to treating women as objects or second-class citizens.

According to Mackinnon the estimated amount Americans spend on pornography each year is about

Label the following as examples of the following types of "liberty-limiting principles"-- the harm principle (H), the social harm principle (SH), the offence principle (O), legal paternalism (LP), or legal moralism (LM) The view that a society that does not have strong families and a certain amount of self-discipline (for example, of the passions) will become a weakened society. Thus to the extent proliferation of pornography would weaken the society in these ways, it may be rightfully regulated.

The legal definition of "obscenity" includes the notion of community standards.

Which of the following is not an argument from the text relative to feminism and pornography?

Label the following as examples of the following types of "liberty-limiting principles"-- the harm principle (H), the social harm principle (SH), the offence principle (O), legal paternalism (LP), or legal moralism (LM) The view that people should not have easy access to pornography because it is believed to be psychologically unhealthy for them, reinforcing immature sexual behavior or attitudes.