Questions tagged [philosophy-of-law]
Philosophy of law (or legal philosophy) is concerned with providing a general philosophical analysis of law and legal institutions. (ref. [IEP](https://iep.utm.edu/law-phil/)
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When is it right to break the rules? [closed]
Not really an history question but the ethics/philosophy question came about while thinking of history.
Lincoln violated the constitution a few times and although he's universally recognized as a ...
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Which if any contemporary philosophers have written about the potential negative effects of "reverse" discrimination?
In many cases when I talk about how I think, I find it useful to abstract the messy real sources of inspiration into a pure dialogue with my friend Matt. In this case, Matt and I were talking about ...
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Is it ethical for governments to compel their citizens to lead healthy lives?
Dr Peter Agre(MD) recently said this at the Lindau Meeting (Original full text from Ars Technica)
Agre also noted that many of the
biggest public health problems are a
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What are the fundamental philosophical questions reflected in the American legal system?
I am interested in the link between philosophy and legal systems, in particular the American legal system (and English heritage) and the underlying ideas in play.
At a high-level, it seems to me ...
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What are prominent attacks of Rawls' "veil of ignorance" argument? Which liberal philosophers have advanced it?
In John Rawls' A Theory of Justice, he argues that morally, society should be constructed politically as if we were all behind a veil of ignorance; that is, the rules and precepts of society should be ...
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