SEXUAL MORALITY: IS CONSENT ENOUGH? 201 IGOR PRIMORATZ SEXUAL MORALITY: IS CONSENT ENOUGH? ABSTRACT. The liberal view that valid consent is sufficient for a sex act to be morally legitimate is challenged by three major philosophies of sex: the Catholic view of sex as ordained for procreation and properly confined to marriage‚ the romantic view of sex as bound up with love‚ and the radical feminist analysis of sex in our society as part and parcel of the domination of women by men. I take a critical
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(Harvard Univ. Press 1996). R. Dworkin‚ Justice in Robes (Harvard Univ. Press 2006). JH. Ely‚ Democracy and Distrust (Harvard Univ. Press 1980). N. Emilou‚ The Principle of Proportionality in European Law: A Comparative Perspective (Kluwer 1996). J. Finnis‚ Natural Law and Natural Rights (Clarendon Press 1980). N. Foster‚ Foster on EU Law (Oxford Univ. Press 2006). L. Fuller‚ The Morality of Law (Yale Univ. Press revd. ed. 1969). K. Goldman‚ S. Berglund & G. Sjöstedt‚ Democracy and Foreign Policy‚ the
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Legal Theory Today A Sociology of Jurisprudence Legal Theory Today Founding Editor John Gardner‚ Professor of Jurisprudence‚ University College‚ Oxford TITLES IN THIS SERIES Law in its Own Right by Henrik Palmer Olsen and Stuart Toddington Law and Aesthetics by Adam Gearey Law as a Social Institution by Hamish Ross Evaluation and Legal Theory by Julie Dickson Risks and Legal Theory by Jenny Steele Forthcoming titles: Law after Modernity by Sionaidh Douglas-Scott Law and Ethics by John Tasioulas
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The New Pyramid of Global Law Rafael Domingo is Professor of Law at the University of Navarra School of Law and Director of the Maiestas Institute. Abstract: Following the traditional example of the so-called Kelsen pyramid‚ the author proposes a new kind of legal pyramid‚ integrating the incipient concept of global law‚ which has superseded international law. At the top rests the human person‚ from which all law ultimately arises (ius ex persona oritur). The base of the pyramid‚ heptagonal
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References: Cummins‚ Robert A. 1996. “The Domains of Life Satisfaction: An Attempt to Order Chaos.” Social Indicators Research Doyal‚ Len and Ian Gough. 1991. A Theory of Human Need. Basingstoke: MacMillan. Finnis‚ John. 1994. “Liberalism and Natural Law Theory.” Mercer Law Review. 45. 687-704; see also 1980‚ Natural Law and Natural Rights Galtung‚ Johan. 1994. Human Rights in Another Key. Cambridge: Polity Press. Lasswell‚ Harold D. 1992. Jurisprudence for
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SYMPOSIUM UNENUMERATED RIGHTS IN THE IRISH CONSTITUTION: THE DEBATE CONTINUES UNENUMERATED CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS: THE CURRENT PROBLEMATIC POSITION ORLAITH MOLLOY The Irish Constitution’s fundamental rights provisions are found in Articles 40 to 44. The Irish courts have found that the Constitution guarantees both the rights specified and those unspecified‚ which have been implied to date by the judiciary. This article questions the legitimacy of the courts’ actions in the past with respect to unenumerated
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2 Determining Moral Behavior CHAPTER OBJECTIVES 1. Define deontological and teleological ethical systems‚ and explain ethical formalism and utilitarianism. 2. Describe how other ethical systems define what is moral—specifically‚ religion‚ natural law‚ ethics of virtue‚ and ethics of care. 3. Discuss the argument as to whether egoism is an ethical system. 4. Explain the controversy between relativism and absolutism. 5. Identify the three consistent elements of most of the approaches to resolving
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OSCOLA Oxford University Standard for the Citation of Legal Authorities Fourth Edition Faculty of Law‚ University of Oxford www.law.ox.ac.uk/oscola Contents Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 General notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Fundamental Moral Theology II The course aims to complete building up the framework for moral decision-making in the Roman Catholic tradition‚ exploring more the basis of Christian moral reasoning. Content The main themes in the course will include: Natural law tradition and its contemporary understanding‚ Moral norms and moral values‚ a synthetic view of the moral decision‚ Freedom and responsibility‚ Culture and morality‚ the modern concept of sin‚ its dimensions and the call to conversion
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H EALTH C ARE E THICS H EALTH C ARE E THICS A C ATHOLIC T HEOLOGICAL A NALYSIS F IFTH E DITION Benedict M. Ashley‚ O.P. Jean K. deBlois‚ C.S.J. Kevin D. O’Rourke‚ O.P. Georgetown University Press Washington‚ D.C. As of January 1‚ 2007‚ 13-digit ISBN numbers will replace the current 10-digit system. Paperback: 978-1-58901-116-8 Georgetown University Press‚ Washington‚ D.C. © 2006 by Georgetown University Press. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized
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