"Law, Ethics and the Biopolitical explores the idea that legal authority is no longer related to national sovereignty, but to the 'moral' attempt to nurture life. The book argues that whilst the relationship between law and ethics has long been a central concern in legal studies…
Law, Ethics and the Biopolitical explores the emerging consensus that legal authority is no longer related to national sovereignty but to the common good of a political community and the 'moral' attempt to nurture life.
"Law, Ethics and the Biopolitical explores the idea that legal authority is no longer related to national sovereignty, but to the 'moral' attempt to nurture life. The book argues that whilst the relationship between law and ethics has long been a central concern in legal studies…
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Figures -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 "It's not just a good idea, it's the law": Rationality, force, and changing minds -- Changing minds -- Force of law -- Minds -- Essentia…
It's not just a good idea, it's the law : rationality, force, and changing minds / Mark Kingwell -- Cruel and thus not unusual : Jacques Derrida's seminar on the death penalty / Michael Naas -- The violent rhetoric of accusation : Cicero and the Marcus Ameleus Scaurus case / G. …