PHIL 24 Law and Philosophy
Legal practice raises a wide range of questions of interest to philosophers. Some concern how best to understand central concepts invoked in laws: What are contracts? What is free speech? Other questions concern what kinds of laws and legal institutions we should have: What kinds of laws should regulate hate speech? When is the state justified in using coercion to enforce laws? Still other questions concern law itself: How are legal norms related to moral norms?
Instructor
Cruise
Prerequisite
One Philosophy course, or permission of the instructor.