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Grounds Of Law And Legal Theory: A Response, John M. Finnis
Grounds Of Law And Legal Theory: A Response, John M. Finnis
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Linking theses of Plato, Wittgenstein and Weber, section I argues that identification of central cases and settling of focal meanings depend upon the theorist's purpose(s) and, in the case of theory about human affairs - theory adequately attentive to the four irreducible orders in which human persons live and act - upon the purposes for which we intelligibly and intelligently act. Among these purposes, primacy (centrality) is to be accorded (by acknowledgement, not fiat) to purposes which are, as best the theorist can judge, reasonable and fit to be adopted by anyone, the theorist included. Section II defends the reasonableness …
Legal Enforcement Of "Duties To Oneself": Kant Vs. Neo-Kantians, John M. Finnis
Legal Enforcement Of "Duties To Oneself": Kant Vs. Neo-Kantians, John M. Finnis
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This Article considers writings by modern scholars including Rawls, Dworkin, and D.A.J. Richards on the topic of Kant's discussion of the neutrality principle and the harm principle.