Law and Morality in Jewish Tradition

Shalom Albeck

Chapter 21 in State Audit, 1981, pp 365-385 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Philosophers and legal scholars who have attempted to define the nature of law have been particularly concerned with the problem of both the relationship, and the difference, between law and morality. There have been differences of opinion not only between philosophers and jurists, but among the philosophers themselves and within the community of legal scholars. It is clear that both morality and law are rules of human conduct; but whereas law is the imposition of rules of conduct upon Man by society, morality is that code of behavior which Man on his own accepts as binding upon himself. However, since society requires some guidance, some basis to indicate which activities must be enforced and which may be left to the will and conscience of the individual, it is essential for us to distinguish substantively at the outset between law and morality.

Keywords: Firm Decision; Legal Rule; Mental Capacity; Legal Scholar; Abstract Principle (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1981
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-04666-9_21

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