The Law as a Moral Agent (eBook)

Making People Good

Charles Foster, Jonathan Herring (Autoren)

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2021 | 1st ed. 2021
92 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-71334-8 (ISBN)

Infos

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?

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. 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.3.2021
• Reihe/Serie: SpringerBriefs in Law
• Reihe/Serie: SpringerBriefs in Law
• Zusatzinfo: VII, 92 p.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Ethical behavior • ethics • Jurisprudence • Law and Morality • Morality • Personal morality
• ISBN-10: 3-030-71334-2 / 3030713342
• ISBN-13: 978-3-030-71334-8 / 9783030713348