Altruism, Welfare and the Law electronic resource by Charles Foster, Jonathan Herring.
Material type: TextSeries: SpringerBriefs in LawPublication details: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015Description: IX, 82 p. online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783319216058Subject(s): law | Ethics | Law -- Philosophy | Private international law | Conflict of laws | International law | Comparative law | psychology | Law | Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History | Ethics | Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law | Law and PsychologyDDC classification: 340.1 LOC classification: K201-487B65K140-165Online resources: Click here to access online1. Introduction -- 2. Altruism and Community: A Biological and Philosophical History -- 3. Rethinking the Welfare and Best Interest Principles -- 4. What Do the Courts Do? -- 5. Putting it Into Practice.
This book is an assault on the notion that it is empirically accurate and legally and philosophically satisfactory to see humans as atomistic entities. It contends that our welfare is inextricably entangled with that of others, and accordingly law and ethics, in determining our best interests, should recognise the central importance of relationality, the performance of obligations, and (even apparently injurious) altruism.
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