problems of legal philosophy

The Autopoietic Turn in Habermas’ Legal Philosophy

Since the publication of Between Facts and Norms, it appears to have gone largely unremarked by crit‐ ical theorists that Habermas has wholly abandoned the neo‐Parsonian systems‐theoretic account of so‐ cial systems developed in his middle period. In this paper, I argue not only that Habermas has developed a new vocabulary and theoretical structure for dealing with social systems ...

Current Legal Problems 2006

Ethics : An International Journal of Social , Political , and Legal Philosophy

Many believe that we ought to save a large number from being permanently bedridden rather than save one from death. Many also believe that we ought to save one from death rather than a multitude from a very minor harm, no matter how large this multitude. I argue that a principle I call "Aggregate Relevant Claims" satisfactorily explains these judgments. I offer a rationale for this principle an...

Legal Problems in Medical Practice

Philosophy of Philosophy of Religion

Open Problems in the Philosophy of Information

The philosophy of information (PI) is a new area of research with its own field of investigation and methodology. This article, based on the Herbert A. Simon Lecture of Computing and Philosophy I gave at Carnegie Mellon University in 2001, analyses the eighteen principal open problems in PI. Section 1 introduces the analysis by outlining Herbert Simon’s approach to PI. Section 2 discusses some ...