Law, Morality, Coherence and Truth
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8124103 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aleksander Peczenik (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 146-176 |
| Publication date | 1994-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ratio Juris (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1794-6638 • E-ISSN: 2619-4066 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9337.1994.tb00174.x |
| OpenAlex | W2071913050 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
The author analyzes the relations between truth and law starting from the distinction between practical and theoretical spheres. He shows, first, how moral and legal statements and reasoning are connected with an operation of weighing and balancing different values and principles and how this operation is ultimately based on personal and intuitive preferences and feeling. The criteria developed by the theoretical sciences to define truth (coherence, consensus and pragmatic success) can only be translated into practical statements as criteria of correctness because we cannot affirm that a norm or value statement is true or false. The three criteria become interrelated indices of correctness: They are criteria for rational discourse
Algorithm · Coherence (philosophical gambling strategy · Correctness · Epistemology · Feeling · Legal norm · Morality · Norm (philosophy · Political science · Sociology · Statement (logic · Value (mathematics · Computer Science · Free Will and Agency · Law in Society and Culture · Mathematics · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Psychology · Law · Philosophy · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |