Back to Search
Start Over
THE MYTH OF IS AND OUGHT.
- Source :
-
Harvard Law Review . Mar1941, Vol. 54 Issue 5, p811-831. 21p. - Publication Year :
- 1941
-
Abstract
- Cites that natural law theorists in political and legal philosophy evolved their concepts of "what ought to be" from the factual "what is". Opposition to Natural Law based on the contention that no postulate in the world "ought" could logically be derived from any statement in the world of "is"; Consideration of the state of mutual dependence by members of the society; Establishment of inductive conclusions; Demonstration of the value of the means in relation to the value of the end.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0017811X
- Volume :
- 54
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Harvard Law Review
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 15353213
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2307/1335057