Altruism, Welfare and the Law /: by Charles Foster, Jonathan Herring.

Name: Altruism, Welfare and the Law / by Charles Foster, Jonathan Herring.
ISBN: 9783319216058

Foster, Charles,; Herring, Jonathan,; SpringerLink (Online service)

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-21605-8

Altruism, Welfare and the Law / by Charles Foster, Jonathan Herring.

Foster, Charles, author.; Herring, Jonathan, author.; SpringerLink (Online service)

2015

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Foster, Charles, author.

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Altruism, Welfare and the Law / by Charles Foster, Jonathan Herring.

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Herring, Jonathan, author.

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SpringerLink (Online service)

Edition

1st ed. 2015.

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Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.

Description

IX, 82 p. online resource.

Series

SpringerBriefs in law. 2192-855X

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1. Introduction
2. Altruism and Community: A Biological and Philosophical History
3. Rethinking the Welfare and Best Interest Principles
4. What Do the Courts Do?
5. Putting it Into Practice.

Summary

This book is an assault on the notion that it is empirically accurate and legally and philosophically satisfactory to see humans as atomistic entities. It contends that our welfare is inextricably entangled with that of others, and accordingly law and ethics, in determining our best interests, should recognise the central importance of relationality, the performance of obligations, and (even apparently injurious) altruism.

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English