The Rule of Rules: Morality, Rules, and the Dilemmas of Law

by Larry Alexander and Emily Sherwin

Rules perform a moral function by restating moral principles in concrete terms, so as to reduce the uncertainty, error, and controversy that result when individuals follow their own unconstrained moral judgment. Although reason dictates that we must follow rules to avoid destructive error and controversy, rules--and hence laws--are imperfect, and reason also dictates that we ought not follow them when we believe they produce the wrong result in a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822327368
• ISBN13: 9780822327363
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"