Objectivity in Law and Morals

Klappentext This volume considers the intersection between objectivity in ethics and objectivity in law. Zusammenfassung This volume! first published in 2000! considers the intersection between objectivity in ethics and the objectivity in law. It presents a survey of live issues in metaethics! and examines their relevance to theorizing about law and adjudication. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Brian Leiter, Brian (University of Texas Leiter
• Assisted by: Brian Leiter (Editor), Brian (University of Texas Leiter (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.09.2007
• EAN: 9780521041492
• ISBN: 978-0-521-04149-2
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law; Cambridge Studies in Philosoph
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law