Law as a Moral Agent (e-bog) af Herring, Jonathan
Herring, Jonathan (forfatter)

Law as a Moral Agent e-bog

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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 per...
E-bog 509,93 DKK
Forfattere Herring, Jonathan (forfatter)
Forlag Springer
Udgivet 30 marts 2021
Genrer Crime and criminology
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9783030713348
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?