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01569aam a2200301Ii 4500 001 AF8929D2CF3111EB9A1890BA3BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210617010040 008 210216s2021 sz b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 3030713334 020 $a 9783030713331 035 $a (OCoLC)1237631461 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d OHX $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 050 4 $a K247.6 $b .F67 2021 100 1 $a Foster, Charles, $e author. 245 14 $a The law as a moral agent : $b making people good / $c Charles Foster, Jonathan Herring. 264 1 $a Cham, Switzerland : $b Springer, $c [2021] 300 $a vii, 92 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Springer briefs in law 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a This book examines the controversial and repercussive contention that an objective of the law should be to promote personal morality - to make people ethically better. It surveys a number of domains, including criminal law, tort law, contract law, family law, and medical law (particularly the realm of moral enhancement technologies) asking for each: (a) Does the existing law seek to promote personal morality? (b) If so, what is the account of morality promoted, and what is the substantive content? (c) Does it work? and (d) Is this a legitimate objective? 650 0 $a Law and ethics. 650 0 $a Ethics. 700 1 $a Herring, Jonathan, $e author. 830 0 $a SpringerBriefs in law. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231021023424.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=AF8929D2CF3111EB9A1890BA3BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search