The Natural Logic of Morals and of Laws
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چکیده
The theme of this special issue is “Is Morality Universal, and Should the Law Care?” For me, this question provokes the further question of what morality and the law are. That is what most of this essay is about. The last two sections address the initial question, primarily dealing with laying out its multiple ambiguity. Few of its readings have easy answers; the best I can do in the present discussion is to see what is at stake.
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