| Moral Combat: The Dilemma of Legal Perspectivalism Contributor(s): Hurd, Heidi (Author) |
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ISBN: 0511896883 ISBN-13: 9780511896880 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $140.25 Product Type: Open Ebook - Other Formats Published: November 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Political - Law | Natural Law |
| Dewey: 340.112 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book explores the thesis that legal roles force people to engage in moral combat, an idea that is implicit in the assumption that citizens may be morally required to disobey unjust laws, while judges may be morally required to punish citizens for civil disobedience. Heidi Hurd advances the surprising argument that the law cannot require us to do what morality forbids. Moral Combat is a sophisticated, well-conceived and carefully argued book on a very important and controversial topic at the junction between legal and political philosophy. It will be of interest to moral, legal, and political philosophers, as well as teachers and students of professional ethics in law. |