The Possibility of Impartiality
Author | : William Lucy |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2010 |
ISBN-10 | : OCLC:1290830626 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Possibility of Impartiality written by William Lucy and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essay offers a general account of the idea of impartiality and examines the senses in which adjudication is and is not impartial. Against those who would derive an account of impartiality from more general moral or political theories, the essay shows that ordinary thought embodies a coherent and reasonably rich conception of impartiality, some of the principal features of which are also in play in adjudication. Against those who claim that impartiality in adjudication is impossible or illusory, it is argued that there are some meaningful senses in which adjudication is indeed impartial. The essay concludes that in the adjudicative context impartiality might even be considered a virtue, albeit a limited one.