At the foundation of Justice for Hedgehogs is a commitment to moral objectivity – the doctrine that there are right answers to moral questions. This nicely complements Dworkin’s legal theory, which holds that right answers to legal questions depend on right answers to moral questions. Without the doctrine of moral objectivity, Dworkin could not reasonably maintain, as he does, that law provides determinate answers to legal questions
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The purposes of this study are both expository and critical. The expository purposes are: first, to ...
What are laws, and do they necessarily have any basis in morality? The present work argues that laws...
In this paper the author addresses Ronald Dworkin’s work and assesses his legacy to legal, moral and...
This Note argues that the rights thesis is untenable. It shows that Dworkin\u27s distinction between...
At the outset of his most recent book Ronald Dworkin summarizes with remarkable concision the main l...
Does the law merely contain rules? Or does it also include morality? The debate between H.L.A. Hart ...
Laws are intended to put individuals on notice as to how they should act in society and what behavio...
A fundamental task for legal philosophy is to explain what makes it the case that the law has the co...
This paper was presented at a conference on Ronald Dworkin\u27s book Justice for Hedgehogs. It cri...
Abstract: In this dissertation, I propose a solution to Ronald Dworkin’s challenge from hard cases. ...
In his account of adjudication, Ronald Dworkin makes the case that judicial engagement with morality...
This paper reconstructs some of the core elements of Dworkin’s epistemology of ethics. To understand...
According to Dworkin, “truth” is an interpretative concept. Why? Moral judgements are often the subj...
Professor Dworkin begins this complex and ambitious book with a chapter called Baedeker after the ...
Legal judgment, I argue, entails moral judgment; legal obligations, correctly identified, are genuin...
The purposes of this study are both expository and critical. The expository purposes are: first, to ...
What are laws, and do they necessarily have any basis in morality? The present work argues that laws...
In this paper the author addresses Ronald Dworkin’s work and assesses his legacy to legal, moral and...
This Note argues that the rights thesis is untenable. It shows that Dworkin\u27s distinction between...
At the outset of his most recent book Ronald Dworkin summarizes with remarkable concision the main l...
Does the law merely contain rules? Or does it also include morality? The debate between H.L.A. Hart ...
Laws are intended to put individuals on notice as to how they should act in society and what behavio...
A fundamental task for legal philosophy is to explain what makes it the case that the law has the co...