Altruism, welfare and the law [electronic resource] / Charles Foster, Jonathan Herring.
2015
K670
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Title
Altruism, welfare and the law [electronic resource] / Charles Foster, Jonathan Herring.
Author
Foster, Charles, author.
ISBN
9783319216058 electronic book
3319216058 electronic book
9783319216041
3319216058 electronic book
9783319216041
Published
Cham : Springer, 2015.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (ix, 82 pages).
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K670
Dewey Decimal Classification
346.01/5
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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Includes bibliographical references.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 22, 2015).
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Herring, Jonathan, author.
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SpringerBriefs in law.
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Table of Contents
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.
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.