Human Thriving and the Law

• Main Authors: Foster, Charles (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Herring, Jonathan (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Law,
• Subjects: Law-Philosophy.; Law.; Psychology.; Quality of life.; Political science.; Business ethics.; Human rights.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.; Law and Psychology.; Quality of Life Research.; Philosophy of Law.; Business Ethics.; Human Rights.

The idea of the Good Life - of what constitutes human thriving, is, implicitly, the foundation and justification of the law. The law exists to hold societies together; to hold in tension the rights of individuals as against individuals, the rights of individuals as against various types of non-human...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Chapter 1: What does the law say about human thriving?
• Chapter 2: The idea of human thriving: A brief history
• Chapter 3: What makes humans happy?
• Chapter 4: Thriving, care, and vulnerability
• Chapter 5: Making it work: ideas of human thriving in practice
• Chapter 6: Conclusion. .