1. Personal Responsibility and the Regulation of Vice
By: Ronald F. White, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy
College of Mount St. Joseph

2. Introduction Public Events Behaviors Pete Rose Darryl Strawberry
Bob Huggins
Ryan Freel
Behaviors
Gambling
Tobacco
Alcohol
Drugs
Obesity

3. Issues Are these behaviors:
Vices: Matters of personal responsibility
Businesses: Matters best left to the free market
Buyers and sellers
Diseases: Matters Requiring Medical Intervention
The medicalization of vice?
Mental diseases
What Role Do Corporations Play in these Behaviors?
Stockholder Theory-personal responsibility
Stakeholder Theory-collective responsibility
What Role Should Government Play in the Regulation of these Behaviors