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1 online resource (434 pages) |
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Cover; ANARCHY AND LEGAL ORDER; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Laying Foundations; I.A REASONABLE CONCEPTION OF THE GOOD LIFE WILL INVOLVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF BOTH WELFARE AND RIGHT ACTION; II. WELFARE IS MULTIDIMENSIONAL; A. Well-Being Is Diverse and Lacks a Substantive Essence; B. Welfare Is Not Preference-Satisfaction; C. Welfare Is Not a Pleasant Emotional Reaction; 1. It Is a Mistake to Identify Well-Being with a Positive Emotional State; 2. Emotions Necessarily Involve Cognitions |
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3. Experiencing an Emotion Is Not Ordinarily the Goal of a Reasonable Action4. Welfare Is Not an Emotion; 5. Well-Being Is Not Identical with or Dependent on One's Emotional Reaction to One's Condition; D. Welfare Is Pluriform; 1. Multiple, Complementary Approaches Help Us Identify Basic Aspects of Well-Being; 2. We Take Something to Be a Dimension of Well-Being if We Treat It as a Basic Reason for Action; 3. Our Judgments about Harms Point Us to Insights about the Nature of Well-Being; 4. It May Be Self-Contradictory to Deny That Some Putative Aspects of Welfare Provide Reasons for Action |
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5. Cross-Cultural Consensus May Help Us to Identify Basic Aspects of Well- Being6. We May Be Able to Justify Claims about Well-Being by Seeing How Well They Fit into Coherent Webs of Belief; 7. Varied Approaches to Identifying Aspects of Well-Being May Prove Mutually Supportive; E. The Various Dimensions of Welfare Are Incommensurable and Non-Fungible; F. To Recognize Something as an Aspect of Welfare Is to See a Reason to Pursue It for the Benefit of the Moral Patient of Whose; G. Welfare Is Reaction-Independent and Varied |
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III. REASONABLY SEEKING TO FLOURISH OR TO HELP ANOTHER TO FLOURISH REQUIRES RECOGNITION, FAIRNESS, AND RESPECTA. Living Well Means Acting Reasonably; B. The Principle of Recognition Calls for the Acknowledgment of All and Only Real Aspects of Well-Being as Worthy Objects of Action; C. The Principle of Fairness Calls for the Avoidance of Arbitrary Distinctions among Those Affected by Our Actions; 1. The Principle of Fairness Protects the Basic Moral Equality of Sentients Capable of Flourishing; 2. The Principle of Fairness Is Grounded in the Recognition of Shared Characteristics |
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3. The Principle of Fairness Precludes Distinctions Not Made in Pursuit of Genuine Aspects of Well-Being4. The Principle of Fairness Precludes Distinctions an Actor Would Be Unwilling to Accept If Roles Were Reversed; 5. Accepting the Principle of Fairness Does Not Mean Embracing Impartial Consequentialism; 6. Fairness Is Quite Compatible with Pursuing Particular Projects; 7. Reasonableness Requires Fairness; D. The Principle of Respect Calls for the Avoidance of Purposeful and Instrumental Harm |
| Summary |
This book elaborates and defends law without the state. It explains why the state is illegitimate, dangerous and unnecessary |
| Notes |
1. Recognizing the Value and Incommensurability of Basic Aspects of Well-Being Rules out Making Harm to Any the Goal of One's Action or a Means to One's Goal |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Law -- Philosophy.
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Rule of law.
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State, The.
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Anarchism.
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anarchism.
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LAW -- Essays.
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LAW -- General Practice.
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LAW -- Jurisprudence.
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LAW -- Paralegals & Paralegalism.
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LAW -- Practical Guides.
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LAW -- Reference.
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Anarchism
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Law -- Philosophy
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Rule of law
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State, The
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781139843034 |
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1139843036 |
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9781139840668 |
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1139840665 |
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9781139424899 |
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1139424890 |
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9781107032286 |
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1107032288 |
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9781139845397 |
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113984539X |
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