The Law as a Moral Agent
Making People Good
(Sprache: Englisch)
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...
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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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Introduction.- Contract and the law of property.- Tort.- Family law.- Criminal law.- Medical law.- Moral enhancement.- Epilogue Autoren-Porträt von Charles Foster, Jonathan Herring
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.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Charles Foster , Jonathan Herring
- 2021, 1st ed. 2021, VII, 92 Seiten, Maße: 15,5 x 23,5 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Springer, Berlin
- ISBN-10: 3030713334
- ISBN-13: 9783030713331
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Englisch
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