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Legal theory and methods. Philosophy of law --- Deconstruction --- Law --- Methodology --- Philosophy --- Deconstruction. --- Methodology. --- Philosophy. --- Law - Methodology --- Law - Philosophy
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General ethics --- Legal theory and methods. Philosophy of law --- Law and ethics --- Objectivity --- Rule of law --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Supremacy of law --- Ethics and law --- Law and morals --- Morals and law --- Administrative law --- Constitutional law --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Reality --- Personal equation --- Law --- Philosophy
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Debate has long been waged over the morality of capital punishment, with standard arguments in its favour being marshalled against familiar arguments that oppose the practice. In The Ethics of Capital Punishment, Matthew Kramer takes a fresh look at the philosophical arguments on which the legitimacy of the death penalty stands or falls, and he develops a novel justification of that penalty for a limited range of cases.The book pursues both a project of critical debunking of the familiar rationales for capital punishment and a project of partial vindication. The critical part presents some acc
Capital punishment --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Abolition of capital punishment --- Death penalty --- Death sentence --- Criminal law --- Punishment --- Executions and executioners --- Moral and ethical aspects
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'In Defense of Legal Positivism' insists on the separability of law and morality. After distinguishing among three facets of morality, the author explores a variety of ways in which law has been perceived as integrally connected to each of those facets.
Legal positivism. --- Legal neopositivism --- Neopositivism in law --- Jurisprudence --- Law --- Positivism --- Philosophy
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This volume provides an original contribution to, and exploration of, the long-running debate over the importance of liberal neutrality.
Liberalism. --- Liberal egalitarianism --- Liberty --- Political science --- Social sciences
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Political philosophers argue vigorously over the relative merits of 'positive' and 'negative' accounts of freedom. Matthew Kramer writes squarely within the negative-liberty tradition, but he incorporates a number of ideas that are quite often associated with theories of positive liberty.
Liberty --- Law, Politics & Government --- Human Rights --- Civil liberty --- Emancipation --- Freedom --- Liberation --- Personal liberty --- Democracy --- Natural law --- Political science --- Equality --- Libertarianism --- Social control
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The morality of interrogational torture has been the subject of heated debate in recent years. In explaining why torture is morally wrong, Matthew Kramer engages in deep philosophical reflections on the nature of morality and on moral conflicts.
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