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2009

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The Difference Between Obedience Assumed And Obedience Accepted, Christian Dahlman Dec 2008

The Difference Between Obedience Assumed And Obedience Accepted, Christian Dahlman

Christian Dahlman

The analysis of legal statements that are made from an “internal point of view” must distinguish statements where legal obedience is accepted from statements where legal obedience is only assumed. Statements that are based on accepted obedience supply reasons for action, but statements where obedience is merely assumed can never provide reasons for action. It is argued in this paper that John Searle neglects this distinction. Searle claims that a statement from the internal point of view provides the speaker with reasons for actions that are “self-sufficient” in the sense that they are independent of the speaker's beliefs and desires. …

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Le Concept Hartien D’Obligation Juridique, Stephen Utz Dec 2008

Le Concept Hartien D’Obligation Juridique, Stephen Utz

Stephen Gerard Utz

La tentative de H. L. A. Hart à démontrer qu’on peut distinguer des systèmes
juridiques d’autres assemblages de règles sans recourir aux normes morales et,
ainsi de réfuter la doctrine de la loi naturelle, semble supposer la dichotomie fait/
valeur dans sa formulation la plus extrême. Dans le cadre de son projet, Hart a
proposé une vue de l’obligation juridique qui a exercé une influence même sur
ceux qui ont des doutes quant au projet principal de Hart. Ce rapport essaie
de soutenir  qu’une  version moins extrême de la dichotomie fait/valeur aurait
dispensé Hart de défendre une thèse de l’obligation …

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