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The Law as a Moral Agent

Making People Good

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Authors:
  1. Charles Foster

    1. Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

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  2. Jonathan Herring

    1. Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

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  • A provocative and controversial questioning of the role of the law
  • Of obvious relevance to academic and practising lawyers in many intellectual and geographical jurisdictions (it interrogates their whole raison d'etre) and of interest to professional philosophers, those interested in the history of ideas, and general readers
  • Accessibly and engagingly written, with contempt for technical jargon

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Law (BRIEFSLAW)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Charles Foster, Jonathan Herring
    Pages 1-3

  3. Contract and the Law of Property

    • Charles Foster, Jonathan Herring
    Pages 5-21

  4. Tort

    • Charles Foster, Jonathan Herring
    Pages 23-36

  5. Family Law

    • Charles Foster, Jonathan Herring
    Pages 37-47

  6. Criminal Law

    • Charles Foster, Jonathan Herring
    Pages 49-62

  7. Medical Law

    • Charles Foster, Jonathan Herring
    Pages 63-75

  8. Moral Enhancement

    • Charles Foster, Jonathan Herring
    Pages 77-89

  9. Epilogue

    • Charles Foster, Jonathan Herring
    Pages 91-92
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About this book

This book examines the controversial and repercussive contention that an objective of the law should be to promote personal morality - to make people ethically better. It surveys a number of domains, including criminal law, tort law, contract law, family law, and medical law (particularly the realm of moral enhancement technologies) asking for each: (a) Does the existing law seek to promote personal morality? (b) If so, what is the account of morality promoted, and what is the substantive content? (c) Does it work? and (d) Is this a legitimate objective?

Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

    Charles Foster, Jonathan Herring

About the authors

Charles Foster is a Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Green Templeton College, University of Oxford. He is also a practising barrister. 

Jonathan Herring is Professor of Law at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Exeter College, University of Oxford. 

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