Rescuing Inclusive Legal Positivism from the Charge of Inconsistency

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Scott Shapiro, an exclusive legal positivist, argues that inclusive legal positivism is inconsistent with the view that legal norms must conceptually provide reasons for agents of a legal system to act in specified ways. I defend inclusive legal positivism from Shapiro's charge of inconsistency.

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1. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/philosophy_theses/81
2. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1080&context=philosophy_theses

Tags

Practical Difference Thesis

Scott Shapiro

Content-independent reasons

Peremptory reasons

H.L.A Hart

Law guidance

Philosophy

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:GEORGIA/oai:digitalarchive.gsu.edu:philosophy_theses-1080
Date	07 May 2011
Creators	Phillips, Cindy L
Publisher	Digital Archive @ GSU
Source Sets	Georgia State University
Detected Language	English
Type	text
Format	application/pdf
Source	Philosophy Theses