The ethics of deference : learning from law's morals / Philip Soper.
"Do citizens have an obligation to obey the law? Do legal systems claim citizens have such an obligation? This book challenges the currently popular view that law claims authority but does not have it by arguing that the popular view is wrong on both counts: Law has authority but does not claim...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2002.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in philosophy and law.
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| Online Access: | Cambridge Books on Core Sample text Table of contents Publisher description |
| Summary: | "Do citizens have an obligation to obey the law? Do legal systems claim citizens have such an obligation? This book challenges the currently popular view that law claims authority but does not have it by arguing that the popular view is wrong on both counts: Law has authority but does not claim it. Though the focus is on political obligation, the author approaches that issue indirectly by first developing a more general account of when deference is due to the views of others. Two standard practices that political theorists often consider in exploring the question of political obligation - fair play and promise-keeping - can themselves be seen, the author suggests, as examples of a duty of deference.". "In this respect, the book defends a more general theory of ethics whose scope extends to questions of duty in the case of law, promises, fair play, and friendship."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Item Description: | APPE gift. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 189 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511613890 |