1st Edition
Criminology and Moral Philosophy Empirical Methods and the Study of Values
By Jonathan Jacobs
Copyright 2022
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
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The book examines some of the most important forms of normativity and the relation between facts and values in the context of criminological investigation. In recent decades numerous criminologists have argued that criminology needs to be more explicitly concerned with normative considerations and with morality and this book explains the plausibility of that view and of empirically rigorous... Read more
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1 Rules, Norms, and Values
Chapter 2 Norms and the Rule of Law
Chapter 3 Hume’s Moral Philosophy and His Contested Legacy
Chapter 4 Relativism and the Study of Morality
Chapter 5 Some Illustrations
Chapter 6. Multiple Layers of Normativity
Conclusion
Appendix I
Introduction
Chapter 1 Rules, Norms, and Values
Chapter 2 Norms and the Rule of Law
Chapter 3 Hume’s Moral Philosophy and His Contested Legacy
Chapter 4 Relativism and the Study of Morality
Chapter 5 Some Illustrations
Chapter 6. Multiple Layers of Normativity
Conclusion
Appendix I
Biography
Jonathan Jacobs is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Institute of Criminal Justice Ethics at John Jay College, CUNY, USA.
