George, Robert P.
Making Men Moral: Civil Liberties and Public Morality (Clarendon Paperbacks)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780198260240
- author:
- George, Robert P.
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Clarendon Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 1995
- Pages:
- 256
- Genre:
- Ethical issues & debates
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Robert P. George defends the traditional justification of morals legislation against criticisms from leading liberal thinkers, arguing that such legislation can play a legitimate role in maintaining a moral environment conducive to virtue and inhospitable to vice.
George considers the views of prominent liberal theorists, including Ronald Dworkin, Jeremy Waldron, David A.J. Richards, and Joseph Raz, as well as the influential modern justification for morals legislation offered by Patrick Devlin. He also outlines a "pluralistic perfectionist" theory of civil liberties and public morality, showing that it is compatible with a defense of morals legislation.
This book will be of interest to legal scholars, political theorists, theologians, and philosophers focusing on questions of social justice and political morality.
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