文档介绍:IMPOSING VALUES
OXFORD POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
General Editor: Samuel Freeman
University of Pennsylvania
Oxford Political Philosophy publishes books on theoretical and app-
lied political philosophy within the Anglo-American tradition. The
series es submissions on social, political, and global justice, indi-
vidual rights, democracy, liberalism, socialism, and constitutionalism.
N. Scott Arnold
Imposing Values: An Essay on Liberalism and Regulation
IMPOSING VALUES
An Essay on Liberalism and Regulation
N. Scott Arnold
1
2009
1
Oxford University Press, Inc., publishes works that further
Oxford University’s objective of excellence
in research, scholarship, and education.
Oxford New York
Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi
Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi
New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto
With offi ces in
Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece
Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore
South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam
Copyright © 2009 by Oxford University Press, Inc.
Published by Oxford University Press, Inc.
198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016
Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced,
stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means,
electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise,
without the prior permission of Oxford University Press.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Arnold, N. Scott.
Imposing values : an essay on liberalism and regulation / N. Scott Arnold.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-19-537496-4
1. Liberalism. 2. Deregulation. I. Title.
2009
'3—dc22 2008029351
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Printed in the United States of America
on acid-free paper
To My Father
There is, in fact, no recognized principle by which the propriety
or impropriety of government interference is customaril