Crimes Against Minds: On Mental Manipulations, Harms and a Human Right to Mental Self-Determination

Criminal Law and Philosophy

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-77

  Bublitz, Jan Christoph ^a   Merkel, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive liberty, manipulation; Dualism; Emotional harm; Freedom of thought; Mental and bodily injury; Mental integrity; Mental self determination

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891746313     PISSN: 18719791     EISSN: 18719805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11572-012-9172-y     Document Type: Article

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