Altruism, welfare and the law [electronic resource] / Charles Foster, Jonathan Herring.
Foster, Charles, author.; Herring, Jonathan, author.
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
Published Cham : Springer, 2015.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (ix, 82 pages).
Call Number 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 22, 2015).
Added Author Herring, Jonathan, author.
Series SpringerBriefs in law.
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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.

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