A Matter of Principle by Ronald Dworkin
This is a book about the interplay of urgent political issues and hotly debated questions of moral philosophy. The controversies it joins are old; but history has given them fresh shape. Dworkin addresses questions about the Anglo-American legal system as protector of individual rights and as machinery for furthering the common good.
A philosophical feast of nineteen essays touching on a broad range of topics… The great merit of these essays is that they are not only of profound interest to the professional philosopher and the academic lawyer, they are also accessible to readers without knowledge of law, philosophy, or MrDworkin. * New York Times Book Review *
Dworkin not only discusses jurisprudential issues…but also provides the reader with examples of how Dworkinian analysis can provide answers to some of the difficult questions which are currently perplexing western democracies. The range is wide. Can affirmative action programmes in relation to racial discrimination be justified? Should the state subsidize the arts? Has a person a right to pornography? At a time when liberal values are under attack from both the Marxist left and the neoconservative right, this book is a refreshing—and convincing—defence of liberal thought. * Times Higher Education Supplement *
Dworkin not only discusses jurisprudential issues…but also provides the reader with examples of how Dworkinian analysis can provide answers to some of the difficult questions which are currently perplexing western democracies. The range is wide. Can affirmative action programmes in relation to racial discrimination be justified? Should the state subsidize the arts? Has a person a right to pornography? At a time when liberal values are under attack from both the Marxist left and the neoconservative right, this book is a refreshing—and convincing—defence of liberal thought. * Times Higher Education Supplement *
Ronald Dworkin was Frank Henry Sommer Professor of Law and Philosophy at New York University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780674554610 |
| ISBN 10 | 0674554612 |
| Title | A Matter of Principle |
| Author | Ronald Dworkin |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
| Year published | 1986-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
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