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This book collects major original essays developed from lectures
given at the award of the Lauener Prize 2016 to T. M. Scanlon for
his outstanding oeuvre in Analytical philosophy. In "Contractualism
and Justification," Scanlon identifies some difficulties in his
theory and explores possible ways to deal with them. In "Improving
Scanlon's Contractualism," D. Parfit recommends revisions and
extensions of Scanlon's theory, while R. Forst suggests in
"Justification Fundamentalism" that Scanlon may want to replace
reason with justification as his foundational concept. T. Nagel
raises fundamental questions concerning "Moral Reality and Moral
Progress," and S. Mantel offers in "On How to Explain Rational
Motivation" a critical discussion of Scanlon's cognitivist theory
of motivation. Z. Stemplowska does the same for Scanlon's
conception of responsibility in "Substantive Responsibility and the
Causal Thesis," and S. Olsaretti suggests in "Equality of
Opportunity and Justified Inequalities" an alternative to Scanlon's
arguments against economic inequalities. All contributors receive
extensive replies by Scanlon. For anyone interested in Scanlon's
seminal work in moral and political philosophy, the present volume
is utterly indispensable.
Due to its scope and depth, Moore's Causation and Responsibility is
probably the most important publication in the philosophy of law
since the publication of Hart's and Honore's Causation in the Law
in 1959. This volume offers, for the first time, a detailed
exchange between legal and philosophical scholars over Moore's most
recent work. In particular, it pioneers the dialogue between
English-speaking and German philosophy of law on a broad range of
pressing foundational questions concerning causation in the law. It
thereby fulfills the need for a comprehensive, international and
critical discussion of Moore's influential arguments. The 15
contributors to the proposed volume span the whole
interdisciplinary field from law and morals to metaphysics, and the
authors include distinguished criminal and tort lawyers, as well as
prominent theoretical and practical philosophers from four nations.
In addition, young researchers take brand-new approaches in the
field. The collection is essential reading for anyone interested in
legal and moral theory.
This systematic introduction develops the methodological,
conceptual and normative foundations of contemporary political
philosophy in five chapters (biological foundations, political
economy, basic concepts of the philosophy of law, theory of
justice, institutional legitimacy). The material is arranged in
teaching units which can be worked through easily and successfully
in a classroom or in private study.
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