The Law as a Moral Agent

The Law as a Moral Agent

by Charles Foster and Jonathan Herring
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 01/05/2021

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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?

ISBN:
9783030713348
9783030713348
Category:
Law
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
01-05-2021
Language:
English
Publisher:
Springer International Publishing
Charles Foster

Charles Foster is the author of the New York Times Bestseller Being a Beast, which was longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize and the Wainwright Prize, won the 30 million d'amis Prize in France, and is the subject of a forthcoming feature film. In 2016, he won the IgNobel Prize for Biology.

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