Justice as integrity
Subtitle: tolerance and the moral momentum of law
By: David Fagelson.
Series: SUNY series in American constitutionalism
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: Civil rights -- United States -- Moral and ethical aspects.; Law -- United States -- Moral and ethical aspects.; Law and ethics.; Toleration.
Description: "Do any moral values underlie the foundations of law and society in America? In Justice as Integrity, David Fagelson argues that morality is indeed a part of the idea of law. Examining controversies of speech and privacy, he does not ignore the conservative communitarian streak in America, but argues that liberal tolerance best fits the social meanings of American political morality. While tolerance plays a critical role, different social practices yield different conceptions of tolerance. Judges must interpret any public text to develop coherent narratives that best explain the use of force in their jurisdiction. In America, Fagelson argues, liberal tolerance is the sovereign principle that the Supreme Court uses as a prism when interpreting social institutions like marriage, speech, and even death, to make them more consistent with personal autonomy."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Morality, tolerance, and law; title: The wages of skepticism; title: Integrity and obligation; title: Justice as integrity; title: Liberal perfectionism and tolerance in American law; title: Tolerance and law in theory.