Playing by the Rules: A Philosophical Examination of Rule-Based Decision-Making in Law and in Life

by Frederick Schauer

Book Overview

Rules are a central component of such diverse enterprises as law, morality, language, games, religion, etiquette, and family governance, but there is often confusion about what a rule is, and what rules do. Offering a comprehensive philosophical analysis of these questions, this book challenges much of the existing legal, jurisprudential, and philosophical literature, by seeing a significant role for rules, an equally significant role for their stricter...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198258313
• ISBN13: 9780198258315
• Release Date: April 1993
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.5"