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Law and evil : the evolutionary perspective / Wojciech Załuski.
LIBRA K247.6 .Z35 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Załuski, Wojciech, author.
- Series:
- Elgar studies in legal theory
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law and ethics.
- Good and evil.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 144 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, [2018]
- Summary:
- "Law and Evil presents an alternative evolutionary picture of man, focusing on the origins and nature of human evil, and demonstrating its useful application in legal-philosophical analyses. Using this representation of human nature, Wojciech Załuski analyses the development of law, which he interprets as moving from evolutionary ethics to genuine ethics, as well as arguing in favour of metaethical realism and ius naturale."
- Contents:
- 1. The double ambivalence of human nature
- 2. The progress in law : towards genuine ethics
- 3. Evolution, metaethics, and the natural law
- Epilogue : evil and metaphysics.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781786436498
- 1786436493
- OCLC:
- 1078985652
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