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Law's Virtues

- Fostering Autonomy and Solidarity in American Society
Af: Cathleen Kaveny Engelsk Paperback

Law's Virtues

- Fostering Autonomy and Solidarity in American Society
Af: Cathleen Kaveny Engelsk Paperback
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Can the law promote moral values even in pluralistic societies such as the United States? Drawing upon important federal legislation such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, legal scholar and moral theologian Cathleen Kaveny argues that it can. In conversation with thinkers as diverse as Thomas Aquinas, Pope John Paul II, and Joseph Raz, she argues that the law rightly promotes the values of autonomy and solidarity. At the same time, she cautions that wise lawmakers will not enact mandates that are too far out of step with the lived moral values of the actual community.

According to Kaveny, the law is best understood as a moral teacher encouraging people to act virtuously, rather than a police officer requiring them to do so. In Law's Virtues Kaveny expertly applies this theoretical framework to the controversial moral-legal issues of abortion, genetics, and euthanasia. In addition, she proposes a moral analysis of the act of voting, in dialogue with the election guides issued by the US bishops. Moving beyond the culture wars, this bold and provocative volume proposes a vision of the relationship of law and morality that is realistic without being relativistic and optimistic without being utopian.

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Can the law promote moral values even in pluralistic societies such as the United States? Drawing upon important federal legislation such as the Americans with Disabilities Act, legal scholar and moral theologian Cathleen Kaveny argues that it can. In conversation with thinkers as diverse as Thomas Aquinas, Pope John Paul II, and Joseph Raz, she argues that the law rightly promotes the values of autonomy and solidarity. At the same time, she cautions that wise lawmakers will not enact mandates that are too far out of step with the lived moral values of the actual community.

According to Kaveny, the law is best understood as a moral teacher encouraging people to act virtuously, rather than a police officer requiring them to do so. In Law's Virtues Kaveny expertly applies this theoretical framework to the controversial moral-legal issues of abortion, genetics, and euthanasia. In addition, she proposes a moral analysis of the act of voting, in dialogue with the election guides issued by the US bishops. Moving beyond the culture wars, this bold and provocative volume proposes a vision of the relationship of law and morality that is realistic without being relativistic and optimistic without being utopian.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 192
ISBN-13: 9781589019324
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1589019326
Kategori: Etik og moralfilosofi
Udg. Dato: 20 sep 2012
Længde: 0mm
Bredde: 152mm
Højde: 229mm
Forlag: Georgetown University Press
Oplagsdato: 20 sep 2012
Forfatter(e): Cathleen Kaveny
Forfatter(e) Cathleen Kaveny

Kategori Etik og moralfilosofi

ISBN-13 9781589019324

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 192

Udgave

Længde 0mm

Bredde 152mm

Højde 229mm

Udg. Dato 20 sep 2012

Oplagsdato 20 sep 2012

Forlag Georgetown University Press

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