In 1901, a smallpox epidemic swept through the Northeast, and Massachusetts mandated smallpox vaccination or be subject to a $5 fine. In the case brought before the Supreme Court, Jacobson v.

The "harm principle," which suggests that the State should criminalize conduct only if doing so is necessary to prevent harm to others, has long been at the center of debates about the legal ...

Is moral judgment accomplished by intuition or conscious reasoning? An answer demands a detailed account of the moral principles in question. We investigated three principles that guide moral ...