Moral Combat: The Dilemma of Legal Perspectivalism (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521089999)

This book explores the thesis that legal roles force people to engage in moral combat, an idea that is implicit in the assumption that citizens may be morally required to disobey unjust laws, while judges may be morally required to punish citizens for civil disobedience. Heidi Hurd advances the surprising argument that the law cannot require us to do what morality forbids. Moral Combat is a sophisticated, well-conceived and carefully argued book on a very important and controversial topic at the junction between legal and political philosophy. It will be of interest to moral, legal, and political philosophers, as well as teachers and students of professional ethics in law.

Author: Heidi M. Hurd,Hurd Heidi
ISBN-10: 0521089999
ISBN-13: 9780521089999
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/13/2008
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.82d