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Practical reason in law and morality / Neil MacCormick.
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New York :: Oxford University Press,
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2008.
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[ix], 224 pages ; 24 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nagle Library copy ex dono Adrian Diethelm, Rector.
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Monograph
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9780198268772 0198268777;
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Incentives and reasons -- Values and human nature -- Right and wrong -- Questions of trust -- Autonomy and freedom -- Obedience, freedom, and engagement : or utility? -- Society, property, and commerce -- On justice -- Using freedom well -- Judging :
legal cases and moral questions -- Practical reason, law, and state.

This text offers a clear account of the philosophy of practical reason in ethics and legal theory. It explains how reasons relate to actions, the nature of values and their relation to reasons, and the relation of morality to legal reasoning.
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