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- These two sources of interest in the nature of law are closely linked. Law is not the only normative domain in our culture; morality, religion, social conventions, etiquette, and so on, also guide human conduct in many ways which are similar to law.
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May 27, 2001 · Law is not the only normative domain in our culture; morality, religion, social conventions, etiquette, and so on, also guide human conduct in many ways which are similar to law.
- Andrei Marmor, Alexander Sarch
- 2001
Dec 15, 2021 · Morality can, he argued, influence the law, but it is not synonymous with the law. On the other hand, laws against dangerous driving (or, say, murder), for example, are no doubt influenced by morality, but they are also part of social-bureaucratic order.
Feb 23, 2004 · According to these philosophers, Kant’s theory, properly presented, begins with the claim that rational nature is an objective, agent-neutral and intrinsic value. The moral law then specifies how we should regard and treat agents who have this special status.
- Robert Johnson, Adam Cureton
- 2004
Mar 7, 2019 · This chapter distinguishes three types of inquiry about law. It articulates the two conceptual views about morality and the nature of law that comprise the focus of this volume.
As Brian Leiter (1998) points out, philosophy of law is one of the few philosophical disciplines that takes conceptual analysis as its principal concern; most other areas in philosophy have taken a naturalistic turn, incorporating the tools and methods of the sciences.
The moral does not petition for inclusion in the legal and the legal cannot determine the moral. To understand how the Kantian view of law and morality can be so different from conventional views we have to clarify, in turn, Kant's conceptions of law and of morality.