In Harm''s Way - Essays in Honor of Joel Feinberg

Klappentext For several decades the work of Joel Feinberg has been the most influential in legal! political! and social philosophy in the English-speaking world. This volume honours that body of work by presenting fifteen original essays! many of them by leading legal and political philosophers! that explore the problems that have engaged Feinberg over the years. Amongst the topics covered are issues of autonomy! responsibility! and liability. It will be a collection of interest to anyone working in moral! legal! or political philosophy. Zusammenfassung For several decades the work of Joel Feinberg has been the most influential in legal! political and social philosophy in the English-speaking world. This 1994 volume honours that body of work by presenting fifteen essays! many of them by leading legal and political philosophers! that explore the problems that have engaged Feinberg over the years. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Contributors; 1. Liberalism and group rights Allen Buchanan; 2. The argument from liberty Shelly Kagan; 3. Autonomy and preference formation Richard J. Arneson; 4. Critical analysis and constructive interpretation David Lyons; 5. Liberalism, free speech and justice for minorities David A. J. Richards; 6. Liberalism and the new skeptics Thomas Morawetz; 7. Tort liability and the limits of corrective justice Jules L. Coleman; 8. Liberalism, retribution and criminality Jean Hampton; 9. Responsibility for consequences John Martin Fischer and Mark Ravizza; 10. Some ruminations on women, violence and the criminal law Jeffrie G. Murphy; 11. Force, consent and the reasonable women Joan McGregor; 12. Self-defense Robert F. Schopp; 13. Letting patients die: legal and moral reflections Sanford H. Kadish; 14. Fetal-maternal conflicts Holly M. Smith; 15. Benign and malign morality Hyman Gross; Publications by Joel Feinberg.

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• Authors: Jules L. Coleman, Jules L. (Yale University Coleman, Jules L. Buchanan Coleman
• Assisted by: Allen Buchanan (Editor), Buchanan Allen (Editor), Jules L. Coleman (Editor), Coleman Jules L. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.08.2007
• EAN: 9780521038713
• ISBN: 978-0-521-03871-3
• No. of pages: 372
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosoph; Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, LAW / General, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law