Name: Altruism, Welfare and the Law
Brand: Springer-Verlag
SKU: 9783319216041
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Author: Charles Foster; Jonathan Herring
ISBN: 9783319216041

Altruism, Welfare and the Law

Edited by Charles Foster · Jonathan Herring

Springer-Verlag July 2015

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9783319216041
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Publication: July 2015
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: Switzerland ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

This book is an assault on the notion that it is empirically accurate and legally and philosophically satisfactory to see humans as atomistic entities. It contends that our welfare is inextricably entangled with that of others, and accordingly law and ethics, in determining our best interests, should recognise the central importance of relationality, the performance of obligations, and (even apparently injurious) altruism.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction.

2. Altruism and Community: A Biological and Philosophical History.

3. Rethinking the Welfare and Best Interest Principles.

4. What Do the Courts Do?.

5. Putting it Into Practice.