Evolutionary theory and legal philosophy / Wojciech Załuski.
2009
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Evolutionary theory and legal philosophy / Wojciech Załuski.
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Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, [2009]
Copyright
©2009
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 166 pages) : illustrations
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Elgaronline.
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1. The evolutionary view of human nature
2. The ontological question
3. The teleological-axiological question
4. The normativity question.
2. The ontological question
3. The teleological-axiological question
4. The normativity question.
Summary
This unique book presents various ways in which evolutionary theory can contribute to the analysis of key legal-philosophical problems. Wojciech Zaluski explores three central questions; the ontological question - what is the nature of law?; the teleological-axiological question - what are the main values to be realized by law?; the normativity question, which has two aspects; normative: what explains the fact that legal norms provide reasons for action?, and motivational: what explains the fact that humans can be motivated by legal norms? It is argued that evolutionary theory suggests non-trivial answers to these questions, and that these answers can become the building blocks of a new - evolutionary - paradigm in legal philosophy.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-162) and index.
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English
ISBN
9781781953075 e-book
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