Devlin-Hart debate on law and morality
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Statements (20)
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:philosophy
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| gptkbp:centralQuestion |
Should the law enforce morality?
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| gptkbp:date |
1957
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| gptkbp:DevlinPosition |
Law should enforce moral standards to preserve society
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| gptkbp:HartPosition |
Law and morality are separate; law should not enforce private morality
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Devlin-Hart debate on law and morality
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| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:law
criminal law theory |
| gptkbp:notableWork |
gptkb:Patrick_Devlin,_The_Enforcement_of_Morals_(1965)
H. L. A. Hart, Law, Liberty and Morality (1963) |
| gptkbp:originatedIn |
gptkb:Wolfenden_Report
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| gptkbp:participants |
gptkb:H._L._A._Hart
gptkb:Patrick_Devlin |
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
liberalism
legal moralism John Stuart Mill's harm principle |
| gptkbp:subject |
gptkb:law
morality |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Lord_Devlin
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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