caa a22 4500 475841867 CHVBK 20180406123903.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1009404321431 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1009404321431 Giordano Simona The Centre for Social Ethics and Policy, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK aut For the Protection of Others [Elektronische Daten] [Simona Giordano] This paper investigates legal and moral justificationsof coerced treatment for psychiatric patients who aredetained on the grounds that they may harm others.While the general issues concerning compulsorytreatment and detention have been widely canvassed, ithas seldom, if ever, been noticed that the moralreasons that we may have to detain a person whoappears to be dangerous to others are different fromthe moral reasons we may have to treat him or her. For example, it has not been noticed that compulsorydetention and compulsory treatment are supported bytwo different moral principles, namely the Principleof Harm and the Principle of Beneficence, and,therefore, that the arguments which support compulsorydetention do not also support compulsorytreatment. The conceptual confusion between legitimacyof compulsory detention and legitimacy of compulsorytreatment is exacerbated by the ambiguous wordingutilised in S 3 of the UK Mental Health Act, whichimplies that treatment may be necessary for theprotection of others. Failure to pay attention to these distinctions has led to tragic consequences, in terms of violations of individual autonomy and in terms of public safety. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 protection of others nationallicence compulsory hospitalisation nationallicence compulsory treatment nationallicence psychopathic disorder nationallicence the value of autonomy nationallicence Health Care Analysis Kluwer Academic Publishers 8/3(2000-09-01), 309-319 1065-3058 8:3<309 2000 8 10728 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009404321431 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009404321431 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Giordano Simona The Centre for Social Ethics and Policy, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Health Care Analysis Kluwer Academic Publishers 8/3(2000-09-01), 309-319 1065-3058 8:3<309 2000 8 10728 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer