Book · 2025 · Political Science
The Preventive State
The Challenge of Preventing Serious Harms While Preserving Essential Liberties
Why people recommend it
Every mention
Other mentions (4: passing, ad reads, own books)
Own book
“Allan has also just released a new book called The Preventive State: The Challenge of Preventing Serious Harms while preserving essential liberties. It's available right now. Allan's calling this his Magnaop Magnus Opus.”
Own book
“Um, you know, in my book, The Preventive State, I predicted what happened tragically last week in Washington DC. I predicted that there'd be shootings.”
Own book
“And it's interesting, you know, my book, The Preventive State, I started writing this 60 years ago. I wrote my first article on prevention in 19 in the 1960s. And now all of these things are coming out.”
Own book
“But in my book, The Preventive State, I try to argue that we can sometimes diminish a little bit of inessential freedoms in order to get a great deal of prevention.”