Objectivity in Law and Morals
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- Editor: Brian Leiter, University of Texas, Austin
- Date Published: September 2007
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- isbn: 9780521041492
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The seven original essays included in this volume offer a sophisticated perspective on issues about the objectivity of legal interpretation and judicial decision-making. They examine objectivity from both metaphysical and epistemological perspectives and develop a variety of approaches, constructive and critical, to the fundamental problems of objectivity in morality. This is the first volume to consider the intersection between objectivity in ethics and the objectivity in law. It presents a state-of-the-art survey of live issues in metaethics, and examines their relevance to theorizing about law and adjudication.
Read more- Of interest to both moral, political and legal philosophers, and lawyers concerned with the objectivity of the legal system
- Original essays by leading figures in moral and legal philosophy
- Contains a comprehensive bibliography of literature on the objectivity of ethics and literature on the objectivity of law
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"...the essays in Objectivity in Law and Morals tackle some of the most interesting and important issues in contemporary legal and moral theory. The collection will be invaluable to anyone who works on issues related to the objectivity of law or morality, as well as to those who simply wish to learn about, or keep up with, the current state of play." Ethics
See more reviews"This is a timely and important volume that no one interested in either metaethics or legal theory should miss." William Edmundson, Philosophical Inquiry
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- Date Published: September 2007
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521041492
- length: 368 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 21 mm
- weight: 0.54kg
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Table of Contents
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction Brian Leiter
1. Legal interpretation, objectivity and morality David O. Brink
2. Objectivity, morality and adjudication Brian Leiter
3. Objectivity fit for law Gerald J. Postema
4. Objective values: does metaethics rest on a mistake? Sigrún Svavarsdóttir
5. Notes on value and objectivity Joseph Raz
6. Embracing objectivity in ethics Philip Pettit
7. Pathetic ethics David Sosa
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