Harry Brighouse
Tough Choices is a really excellent, pioneering work. Covering a wide range of topics, it carves out a position that challenges the orthodox antipaternalistic tendencies in contemporary liberal political theory and beyond. This book is a pleasure to read.
Harry Brighouse, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Rob Reich
A lively book that engages pressing public policy concerns and makes original contributions to political theory. Ben-Porath argues for an interesting and distinctive position: that the insights from behavioral economics and psychology illuminate a path toward a liberal defense of paternalism which, rather than constraining liberty, actually enhances opportunity and expands horizons of choice. This is a fine book that will attract attention within and outside of liberal political theory.
Rob Reich, Stanford University
From the Publisher
"Tough Choices is a marvelously tough-minded, humane, and elegantly written essay on the value of choice in the politics of free societies. Ben-Porath has fresh, sober, and compelling things to say about a topic that is commonly shrouded in a fog of ideological folly. This is a rare thing: a wise and useful book about one of our most fundamental public values."—Eamonn Callan, Stanford University"Tough Choices is a really excellent, pioneering work. Covering a wide range of topics, it carves out a position that challenges the orthodox antipaternalistic tendencies in contemporary liberal political theory and beyond. This book is a pleasure to read."—Harry Brighouse, University of Wisconsin-Madison"A lively book that engages pressing public policy concerns and makes original contributions to political theory. Ben-Porath argues for an interesting and distinctive position: that the insights from behavioral economics and psychology illuminate a path toward a liberal defense of paternalism which, rather than constraining liberty, actually enhances opportunity and expands horizons of choice. This is a fine book that will attract attention within and outside of liberal political theory."—Rob Reich, Stanford University
Eamonn Callan
Tough Choices is a marvelously tough-minded, humane, and elegantly written essay on the value of choice in the politics of free societies. Ben-Porath has fresh, sober, and compelling things to say about a topic that is commonly shrouded in a fog of ideological folly. This is a rare thing: a wise and useful book about one of our most fundamental public values.
Eamonn Callan, Stanford University