1. On liberty;S, Mill J.,1972
2. This has been a recurrent criticism of Mill;F, Stephen J.; Liberty, equality; fraternity
3. Broader worries mushroom here too: what grounds the moral status of non-autonomous humans in actionoriented ethics? For recent discussion see Haksar V. Liberty, equality, perfectionism;Rorty, A.,1979
4. Here US and British practice differ. US legislation and debates often stress the need to secure informed consent from patients (or their guardians). Cf. discussions and bibliography in Veatch R M. Case studies in medical ethics;of Governors of the Bethlem Royal Hospital and the Maudsley Hospital and Others, Law Report, The Times; British law holds that 'what information should be disclosed, and how and when, is very much a matter of professional judgement', and that 'there is no ground in English law for extending the limited doctrine of informed consent outside the field of property rights,1977
5. medical paternalism may be more practised in the US than it is praised by those who write on medical ethics. See Buchanan A E Medical paternalism;However;Philosophy andpublic affairs,1978