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October 1988
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Philosophy
There is no right to blackmail. So says the law and so say most moral observers. A few libertarian voices have been raised in defence of blackmail (e.g. Mack) but such a defence is liable to be treated as a reductio of the defender's own free market philosophy. However, it is surprisingly difficult to say just what is wrong with blackmail.
... Given that B is entitled to her discretionary power, coercion is wrongful. 212 205 Anderson, S. (2010) 206 See Feinberg (1988), Owens (1988), Lamond (1996), Shaw (2012) 207 Here I am putting aside the thought that it might be wrong to tell C about the affair, given that C might have preferred not to know. But still, even in this case, we might wrong C by telling C, but we do not wrong B by telling C, so as far as B concerned, it is permissible. ...
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Dimensions of Deprivation and Freedom
October 1988
Philosophy
