The importance of ideals : debating their relevance in law, morality, and politics /

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Imprint:Bruxelles ; New York : P.I.E.-Peter Lang, c2004.
Description:274 p. ; 22 cm.
Language:English
Series:Series philosophy & politics, 1376-0920 ; no. 10
Collection "Philosophie et politique" ; no 10.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5369523
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Other authors / contributors:Burg, Wibren van der.
Taekema, Sanne.
ISBN:9052012261
0820466158 (US)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • The Importance of Ideals: Debating Their Relevance in Law, Morality, and Politics
  • What Ideals Are: Ontological and Epistemological Issues
  • Pragmatism and Ideal-Oriented Socio-Legal Study
  • The Living Rechtsstaat: A Bottom-Up Approach to Legal Ideals and Social Reality
  • Stories and Ideals
  • Realist Idealism and the Rule of Law
  • Ideals of Doing Political Philosophy: From the Perspective of Eternity to Hermeneutical Perspectivism
  • The Ideal of Equality in Political Philosophy
  • An Interactionist View on the Relation between Law and Morality
  • The Ideal of Data Privacy and the Development of Law
  • The Role of Ideals in Legal Development: Sustainable Development and the Conservation of Biological Diversity as Cases in Point
  • Subject Index
  • Author Index
  • List of Contributors