Présentation

Some legal practices, such as the private law of obligations and property, are justified by the good that general compliance with their rules bring about. It cannot be said, however, that each particular act of compliance by individuals itself contributes to that good outcome. And yet there is clearly an ethical tie between individuals and the rules of the practices. Leaving aside cases where the law simply protects independent moral rights, the same points can be made about compliance with law generally. This lecture explores the question of how we should understand the ethical tie between individuals and legal practices that are justified in terms of the social good produced by general compliance. An imperfect duty of impartial beneficence will play a central role in the account.

Programme

17h30 : Intervention en anglais de Liam Murphy, invité par l’assemblée du Collège de France
sur proposition de la Professeure Samantha Besson, dans le cadre de la convention signée entre le Collège de France et la New York University
18h30 : Fin

En libre accès, dans la limite des places disponibles