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| Laws: A. Laws are rules created and enforced by governments to regulate behavior, protect people's rights, and promote order and justice in society. - B. Laws of nature are fundamental principles that describe how the universe works. They are universal and unchanging. - C. The status of laws in the individual sciences is controversial, since they may only describe regularities. See also Natural laws, Regularities, Principles._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Jeremy Bentham on Laws - Dictionary of Arguments
Höffe I 226 Laws/Right/Bentham/Höffe: The utilitarian and legal theorist Jeremy Bentham (1748- 1839), without mentioning Hobbes as its author, adopted the command theory. Enriched by sociological elements that were added by Bentham's legal theory student John Austin (1790-1859), it will dominate English legal theory for many generations: Höffe I 222 Imperative theory/command theory/HobbesVsTradition: (Hobbes’ Leviathan, in chapter 26) the theory of imperatives (...). >Law/Hobbes, >Th. Hobbes, >Utilitarianism. Its concise basic thesis, known from the Roman poet Juvenal (Satires 6., 223), belongs to the basic knowledge of the humanistically educated. It reads: But an authority, not a truth makes a law ("sed auctoritas, non veritas, facit legem": chap. 26). For a more detailed explanation: >Legal Positivism/Hobbes. Forerunner: The command character alluded to therein has long been advocated in legal theory. Laws/Seneca: Seneca, for example, in his Moral Letters to Lucilius, writes that a law commands that it does not argue or discuss ("llexl iubeat, non disputet", Letter No. 94)._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Benth I J. Bentham An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation Mineola, NY 2007 Höffe I Otfried Höffe Geschichte des politischen Denkens München 2016 |
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