Altruism, welfare and the law: [electronic resource] /: Charles Foster, Jonathan Herring.

Foster, Charles,; Herring, Jonathan,

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).

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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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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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