Tort Law and Contractualism

IF 0.8 2区 哲学 Q3 ETHICS
Peter Chau
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How can tort law be justified? There are well-known difficulties with the three traditional theories of tort law dominating the literature (namely, economic theory, corrective justice theory, and civil recourse theory). Recently, some have turned to moral contractualism in search of tort law’s foundation. One of the most prominent attempts was made by Gregory Keating. Keating’s account, however, has been subjected to powerful objections. In a recent paper, John Oberdiek, through a sympathetic critique of Keating’s account, develops a new version of contractualist tort theory that is alleged to be at once superior to the three traditional theories of tort law and immune to the objections to Keating’s account. The aim of my paper is to critically assess Oberdiek’s account; I will argue that, while Oberdiek’s account does improve upon Keating’s in some important respects, it is ultimately unsatisfactory.

侵权法和契约主义
如何证明侵权法的合理性?众所周知,侵权法的三大传统理论(即经济理论、矫正正义理论和民事追索权理论)在文献中占据主导地位。最近,一些人转向道德契约论,以寻求侵权法的基础。格雷戈里-基廷(Gregory Keating)的尝试最为突出。然而,基廷的观点遭到了强烈的反对。在最近的一篇论文中,约翰-奥伯迪克(John Oberdiek)通过对基廷的论述进行同情的批判,提出了一种新版本的契约主义侵权理论,据称这种理论既优于侵权法的三种传统理论,又能抵御对基廷论述的反对。我的论文旨在对奥伯狄克的论述进行批判性评估;我将论证,尽管奥伯狄克的论述在某些重要方面确实改进了基廷的论述,但它最终还是不能令人满意。
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期刊介绍: Law and Philosophy is a forum for the publication of work in law and philosophy which is of common interest to members of the two disciplines of jurisprudence and legal philosophy. It is open to all approaches in both fields and to work in any of the major legal traditions - common law, civil law, or the socialist tradition. The editors of Law and Philosophy encourage papers which exhibit philosophical reflection on the law informed by a knowledge of the law, and legal analysis informed by philosophical methods and principles.
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