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Moral Combat : The Dilemma of Legal Perspectivalism / Heidi Hurd.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hurd, Heidi.
- Series:
- Cambridge books online.
- Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Law
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law and ethics.
- Ethical relativism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (368 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Mar 2012).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9780511896880
- 9780521642248
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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