juridico-moral

adjective

Pertaining to moral laws.

Meanings

adjectivejuridico-moral (comparative more juridico-moral, superlative most juridico-moral)

comparative more juridico-moral · superlative most juridico-moral

  1. Pertaining to moral laws.

    However, uncovering the dialogue (largely implicit) between Levinas's and Nietzsche's critiques of juridico-moral responsibility allows a fuller appreciation of why such revisions matter.

    2008, Jill Stauffer, Bettina Bergo, Nietzsche and Levinas: "After the Death of a Certain God", →ISBN, page 117
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    The child therefore distinguishes between a rule that is true in itself and mere custom, present or future. And yet he is all the time enslaved to custom and not to any juridico-moral reason or reality distinct from this custom and superior to it.

    1997, Jean Piaget, The Moral Judgement of the Child, →ISBN, page 72

    Only in an America in which the normative substructure of systems of civil law have strayed from those of the juridico-moral systems of the old dominant religious discourse could disestablishment at the level of mundane lawmaking become visible.

    2000, Stephen M. Feldman, Law and Religion: A Critical Anthology, →ISBN, page 436

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