Ronald Dworkin

The ability of drugs to help their consumer to reach a status of happiness has always been one of the attracting factors that lead a lot of people to experiment with at least one from a variety of substances. Seems like an excellent arrangement, how humans have had so much progress that we are able to pack happiness in the form of pills and substances. However, is it real joy if it is achieved in an artificial way? The use of drugs only gives a temporary sense of satisfaction, including a…

The definition of Civil Disobedience by John Rawls, widely accepted by many, is defined as a public, non-violent, and conscientious breach of law undertaking with the aim of bringing about a change in laws or government policies. Ronald Dworkin has divided civil disobedience into three types: integrity-based, justice-based, and policy-based. Integrity-based civil disobedience disobeys a law he/she feels immoral. Justice-based civil disobedience disobeys laws in order get back some rights denied…

its members to break the law? Though the question posed may seem a bit contradictory, John Rawls and Ronald Dworkin would answer the question in the affirmative; that it is plausible for a society or civilization to do so. Dworkin says rule of law is more complex and intelligent than the idea that all breaches of law must be punished. Though Rawls doesn’t explicitly make this statement, he and Dworkin demonstrate this argument through their analysis of the concept of civil disobedience. Before…

The idea of restraint is un-American. Our culture is a culture of excesses; we live in the richest country, with the best military, the biggest houses, and the fattest people. We live and thrive on how much better we are than others and how much excess freedom we have to live our lives the way we want to. Perhaps the greatest excess ever granted to anyone in this country is the power of judicial review given to the Supreme Court in Marbury vs. Madison. The Supreme Court has given itself a great…

there are two distantly polar ways of reading it. There are originalists (Scalia and Bork) who contend that it is important to uncover the framers’ intent when applying the constitution to today’s issues, while the living constitutionalists (Tribe, Dworkin, and Brennan) read the constitution in a modern context, providing for the evolution of society. While the living constitutionalists make a convincing case, their arguments do not stand up to the originalist arguments when applied to…

There are a few differences between natural law and legal positivism. However, before diving into the differences, a definition for both the theories should be provided. Basically, a natural law is a law in which is derived from the validity of morality and reasoning. Natural law is believed to be served on the best interest of the common good as well. For legal positivism, it is viewed in the source of a law has no connection between reasoning and morality. A legal positivism should be from an…

be known as, and what standard do I go about achieving this goal. What will this person’s legacy be concerning which morals are embraced and lived by? According to Ronald Dworkin, a Jewish-American philosopher, ‘Plato and Aristotle have a better overall approach because they are looking at the big picture” (Dworkin, 2011), which Dworkin calls an interpretive account of…

Issue Question: Should it be legal for doctors to assist patient in committing suicide? Controversy Section: For many years, doctor assisted suicide has been a well known controversy, but in the last decade it has become an even more debatable topic. Doctor assisted suicide is the act of the patient self administering the means of death that is provided to them by a doctor. In order for a patient to receive the lethal dose of medication to end their own life, they must request medication from…

Summary: In the article, Politicians are ignoring poverty in chase after middle-class votes written as an editorial in the Toronto Star, emphasizes middle class families being a target on political agendas, rather those living in poverty for the upcoming 2015 federal election. There has been street protests in 50 communities across Canada to express the urge to build a national anti-poverty campaign, which politicians have not been discussing. Although, over time there has been a noticeable gap…

In Ronald Dworkin’s Law’s Empire, the myth of the grand judge Hercules is ‘encapsulated by the metaphor of an ideal judge, Hercules is immensely wise and with full knowledge of legal sources. Acting on the premise that the law is a seamless web, Hercules is required to construct the theory that best fits and justifies the law as a whole in order to decide any particular case. Hercules, Dworkin argues, would always come to the one right answer.’(Dworkin) In contrary to the Greek demigod, the…