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The Spirit of Law (French: De l'esprit des lois, originally spelled De l'esprit des loix [1]), also known in English as The Spirit of [the] Laws, is a treatise on political theory, as well as a pioneering work in comparative law by Montesquieu, published in 1748. [2]
Violating the perceived intention of the law has been found to affect people's judgments of culpability above and beyond violations of the letter of the law such that (1) a person can violate the letter of the law (but not the spirit) and not incur culpability, (2) a person can violate the spirit of the law and incur culpability, even without ...
We all strive to live a happy life. We pursue things that make us happy and avoid things that do not. There is no universal moral truth. Our experiences and preferences shape our sense of how to behave. We act morally when the happiness of others makes us happy. We benefit from living in, and supporting, an ethical society.
In a February AP-NORC poll, just 24% of Americans said they were better off than they were when Biden became president, while 41% said they were worse off and 34% said neither. Majorities also ...
Here are 6 ways it makes America better today. Benét J. Wilson. October 28, 2024 at 4:01 AM ... softened bankruptcy laws and the emergence of the credit score. Taken together, this led to a ...
Cicero argues that law is not a matter of written statutes or lists of regulations, but was deeply ingrained in the human spirit, being an integral part of the human experience (a concept now known as natural law). His arguments are: Humans were created by a higher power or powers, which is engaged with the affairs of humanity.
The Open Society and Its Enemies is a work on political philosophy by the philosopher Karl Popper, in which the author presents a defence of the open society against its enemies, [1] and offers a critique of theories of teleological historicism, according to which history unfolds inexorably according to universal laws.
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