Unlocking Morality from Criminal Law

Brooks, Thom

doi:10.1163/17455243-01403001

Unlocking Morality from Criminal Law

Brooks, Thom

Authors

Professor Thom Brooks thom.brooks@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Abstract

This review article critically examines R. A. Duff and Stuart P. Green’s wide-ranging Philosophical Foundations of Criminal Law. The book captures well a crucial debate at the heart of its topic: is morality a key for understanding criminal law? I first consider legal moralism arguments answering this question in the affirmative and argue they should be rejected. I next consider alternatives to argue that philosophers of criminal law should look beyond legal moralism for more compelling theories about criminal law.

Citation

Brooks, T. (2017). Unlocking Morality from Criminal Law. Journal of Moral Philosophy, 14(3), 339-352. https://doi.org/10.1163/17455243-01403001

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Jul 21, 2015
Online Publication Date	Jun 22, 2017
Publication Date	Jun 22, 2017
Deposit Date	Jul 22, 2015
Publicly Available Date	Jun 22, 2019
Journal	Journal of Moral Philosophy
Print ISSN	1740-4681
Electronic ISSN	1745-5243
Publisher	Brill Academic Publishers
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	14
Issue	3
Pages	339-352
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1163/17455243-01403001