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This volume of essays by one of America's preeminent philosophers in the area of jurisprudence and moral philosophy gathers together fourteen papers that had been published in widely scattered and not readily accessible sources. All of the essays deal with the political ideals of liberty and justice or with hard cases for the application of the concept of a right.Originally published in 1980.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Civil rights. --- Human rights. --- Justice. --- Liberty. --- Political philosophy. Social philosophy --- Legal theory and methods. Philosophy of law --- Civil rights --- Justice --- Liberty --- Human Rights --- Droits de l'homme --- Liberté --- Human rights --- Civil liberty --- Emancipation --- Freedom --- Liberation --- Personal liberty --- Injustice --- Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Civil liberties --- Constitutional rights --- Fundamental rights --- Rights, Civil --- Law and legislation --- Democracy --- Natural law --- Political science --- Equality --- Libertarianism --- Social control --- Conduct of life --- Law --- Common good --- Fairness --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions --- Constitutional law --- Political persecution
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The author focuses on the `offence principle', the principle that preventing shock, disgust, or revulsion is always a morally relevant reason for legal prohibitions. He examines the differences between minor and profound offences as well as the conceptual, moral, and judicial problems raised by obscenity, pornography, and 'dirty' words.
Social ethics --- Criminal law. Criminal procedure --- Legal theory and methods. Philosophy of law --- Crimes without victims. --- Criminal law --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Philosophy. --- Morals offenses --- Non-victim crimes --- Offenses against public morality --- Victimless crimes --- Crime
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