Bound by Convention: Obligation and Social Rules

by David Owens

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How should we assess the social structures that govern human conduct and settle whether we are bound by their rules? One approach is to ask whether those social arrangements (e.g. our family structures) reflect pre-conventional facts about our nature. If they do, compliance will serve our interests because these rules are not just conventions. Another approach is to ask whether following a convention has desirable consequences. For example, the rule...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0192896121

ISBN13:9780192896124

Release Date:December 2022

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:278 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"

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Law Philosophy

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