Handbuch Rechtsphilosophie
Handbuch Rechtsphilosophie
"Why should the law care about enforcing contracts? We tend to think of a contract as the legal embodiment of a moral obligation to keep a promise. When two parties enter into a transaction, they are obligated as moral beings to play out the transaction in the way that both part…
Do all animals have rights? Is it morally wrong to use mice or dogs in medical research, or rabbits and cows as food? How ought we resolve conflicts between the interests of humans and those of other animals? Philosophical inquiry is essential in addressing such questions; the a…
Do all animals have rights? Is it morally wrong to use mice or dogs in medical research, or rabbits and cows as food? How ought we resolve conflicts between the interests of humans and those of other animals? Philosophical inquiry is essential in addressing such questions; the a…
Politics and ethics of the Indian Constitution
Contributed articles presented at a conference on the political philosophy of the Indian constitution held in Goa in Sept. 2001.
This treatise explores the proper relationship of moral and religious beliefs to politics and law, focusing particularly on the USA, a country which, the author argues, is morally and religiously pluralistic.
