TY - GEN N2 - 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. AB - 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. T1 - Altruism, welfare and the law AU - Foster, Charles, AU - Herring, Jonathan, CN - SpringerLink CN - K670 ID - 728234 KW - Domestic relations. KW - Altruism. SN - 9783319216058 SN - 3319216058 TI - Altruism, welfare and the law LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-21605-8 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-21605-8 ER -