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The Ethics of Deference: Learning From Law's Morals
Author(s): Philip Soper (Author)
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date: 24 Oct. 2002
- Language: English
- Print length: 206 pages
- ISBN-10: 0521008727
- ISBN-13: 9780521008723
Book Description
Do citizens have an obligation to obey the law? This book differs from standard approaches by shifting from the language of obedience (orders) to that of deference (normative judgments). Though the focus is on political obligation, Philip Soper approaches that issue indirectly by developing a more general account of when deference is due to the views of others. The book defends a more general theory of ethics; one whose scope extends beyond the question of political obligation to questions of duty in the case of law, promises, fair play and friendship.
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“The Ethics of Deference is an admirably clear book, presenting a thoroughly novel take on its subject-matter…worthy of close attention.” Mark McBride, Modern Law Review
