{"product_id":"agency-morality-and-law-joshua-jowitt-9781509947683","title":"Agency, Morality and Law","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow does law possess the normative force it requires to direct our actions? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book argues that this seemingly innocuous question is of central importance to the philosophy of law and, by extension, of the very concept of law itself. It advances a position grounded in the secular natural law tradition, and in doing so addresses the two success criteria for this position head on: \u003cbr\u003eFirstly, that commitment to the existence of a supreme moral principle is required; \u003cbr\u003eSecondly, that any supreme moral principle must be identifiable through human reason. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book argues that these conditions are met by Alan Gewirth's Principle of Generic Consistency (PGC), which - through a dialectically necessary argument - locates the existence of universally applicable moral norms in the concept of agency. Given the very purpose of law is to guide action, legal norms must be located in a unified hierarchy of practical reason. It follows that, if law is to succeed in claiming to be capable of guiding our action, moral permissibility with reference to the PGC is a necessary condition of a rule's legal validity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis strong theory of natural law is defended throughout, both against moral sceptics and positions within contemporary legal positivism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joshua Jowitt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 150994768X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781509947683\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hart Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/12\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d","brand":"Joshua Jowitt","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44071566213375,"sku":"9781509947683","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_561487d4-c161-419b-acde-17a2805a7b7f.jpg?v=1685436866","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/agency-morality-and-law-joshua-jowitt-9781509947683","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}