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The Law as a Moral Agent

Making People Good, SpringerBriefs in Law

Erschienen am 31.03.2021, 1. Auflage 2021
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ISBN/EAN: 9783030713331
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: vii, 92 S.
Einband: kartoniertes Buch

Beschreibung

This book examines the controversial and repercussive contention that an objective of the law should be to promote personal morality - to make people ethically better. It surveys a number of domains, including criminal law, tort law, contract law, family law, and medical law (particularly the realm of moral enhancement technologies) asking for each: (a) Does the existing law seek to promote personal morality? (b) If so, what is the account of morality promoted, and what is the substantive content? (c) Does it work? and (d) Is this a legitimate objective?

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Hersteller:
Springer Verlag GmbH
juergen.hartmann@springer.com
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DE 69121 Heidelberg

Autorenportrait

Charles Foster is a Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Green Templeton College, University of Oxford. He is also a practising barrister. Jonathan Herring is Professor of Law at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Exeter College, University of Oxford.