TY  - BOOK
AU  - Manderson,Desmond
TI  - Proximity, Levinas, and the Soul of Law
SN  - 9780773575653
AV  - BJ55 .M36 2006 
U1  - 340/.112 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Montreal
PB  - McGill-Queen's University Press
KW  - Lévinas, Emmanuel-Ethics
KW  - Law and ethics
KW  - Negligence
KW  - Torts
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Tortologies -- 3 Before the World -- 4 From Philosophy to Law -- 5 Proximity, Proximité -- 6 Here I Am -- 7 All the Others -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W
N2  - Proximity, Levinas, and the Soul of Law links the controversial ethical philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas to the common law legal tradition that has recently invigorated the idea of "the duty of care." Desmond Manderson argues that the ethicist and lawyer struggle with the same basic questions of why we should care for others and what responsibility really demands of us when we use the language of care, neighbourhood, and proximity
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