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Law''s Virtues - Fostering Autonomy and Solidarity in American Society

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Informationen zum Autor Cathleen Kaveny is John P. Murphy Foundation Professor of Law and Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame. She holds a JD and a PhD in religious ethics from Yale University. She is a regular columnist for Commonweal. Klappentext Can the law promote moral values even in pluralistic societies such as the United States? Drawing upon important federal legislation such as the Americans with Disabilities Act! this title argues that it can. It also argues that the law rightly promotes the values of autonomy and solidarity. Zusammenfassung Can the law promote moral values even in pluralistic societies such as the United States? Drawing upon important federal legislation such as the Americans with Disabilities Act! this title argues that it can. It also argues that the law rightly promotes the values of autonomy and solidarity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction Section I: Law as a Moral Teacher1. Autonomy! Solidarity and Law's Pedagogy2. Law and Morality: Understanding the Relationship Section II: Life Issues and the Law3. The Pro-Life Movement and the Purpose of Law4. Bad Pedagogy! Bad Law: What FOCA Is -- and Isn't5. Genetic Information and Razian Autonomy6. Dying Gracefully7. Dying Well! Assisted Suicide! and Constitutional Law Section III: Voting! Morality! and the Law8. Voting and Faithful Citizenship9. Intrinsic Evil and Political Responsibility10. Voting and Complicity in Wrongdoing Concluding Reflections

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