Conflicts of law and morality / / Kent Greenawalt
| Conflicts of law and morality / / Kent Greenawalt |
| Autore | Greenawalt Kent <1936-2023.> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, [1989] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (396 pages) |
| Disciplina | 340/.112 |
| Collana | Clarendon law series |
| Soggetto topico |
Law - Philosophy
Law and ethics |
| ISBN |
1-280-52388-3
0-19-802116-X 1-4237-6386-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Contents -- I. THE CONFLICTING CLAIMS OF LAW AND MORALITY -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Claims of Law -- 3. Moral Claims and Moral Appraisal -- II. MORAL REASONS TO OBEY THE LAW -- 4. Legitimate Authority and the Duty to Obey -- 5. Promissory Obligation: The Theme of Social Contract -- 6. Utilitarianism: Consequential Reasons for Obedience -- 7. Fair Play -- 8. A Natural Duty to Obey: Benefit, Need, and Duty -- III. THE LIMITS OF JUSTIFIABLE DISOBEDIENCE -- 9. Resolutions Among Competing Moral Grounds: The Absence of Clear Priorities -- 10. Nonviolent Disobedience: Reasons, Tactics, Justification -- 11. Violent Disobedience -- IV. INSTITUTIONS OF AMELIORATION -- 12. Responses Within the Law to Moral Claims to Disobey -- 13. General Justification-Necessity -- 14. Conscientious Objection and Constitutional Interpretation -- 15. Techniques of Amelioration in the Criminal Process: Nonprosecution, Nullification, Sentencing, and Pardon -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910963977403321 |
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| New York, : Oxford University Press, [1989] | ||
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Religious convictions and political choice / / Kent Greenawalt
| Religious convictions and political choice / / Kent Greenawalt |
| Autore | Greenawalt Kent <1936-2023.> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1988 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (279 pages) |
| Disciplina | 320/.01/9 |
| Soggetto topico |
Religion and politics - United States
Religion and state - United States |
| ISBN |
1-280-43993-9
0-19-536426-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; I. Liberal Democracy and Publicly Accessible Reasons; 1. The Aim and Scope of the Inquiry; 2. Premises of Liberal Democracy and the Place of Religion; 3. The Relevance of Religious Convictions for Political Choice; 4. Publicly Accessible Grounds of Decision and Religious Convictions; II. Political Choices and Religious Convictions; 5. Inappropriate Grounds of Restriction: Consenting Sexual Acts as Sins; 6. Borderlines of Status I: Animal Rights and Environmental Policy; 7. Borderlines of Status II: Abortion
8. Borderlines of Status III: Religious Convictions and the Limits of Publicly Accessible Reasons9. Moral Standards, Evaluative Comparisons, and Facts: Welfare Assistance and Other Issues; 10. Church-State Problems; 11. Religious Bases That Conflict with Common Forms of Reasoning; III. Dialogue, Official Action, and Constitutionality; 12. Appropriate Political Discourse in a Liberal Society; 13. Religious Convictions and Official Action; 14. The Boundaries of Constitutionality; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910959384703321 |
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| New York, : Oxford University Press, 1988 | ||
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