On the problems of aligning law with morality in response to Wojciech Ciszewski Cover Image

O problemach uzgadniania prawa z moralnością przy okazji odpowiedzi Wojciechowi Ciszewskiemu
On the problems of aligning law with morality in response to Wojciech Ciszewski

Author(s): Michał Dudek
Subject(s): Philosophy of Law, Sociology of Law
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: sociology of law; aligning law with morality; moral neutrality of law; response to polemics;

Summary/Abstract: This article is Michał Dudek’s answer to the criticism articulated by Wojciech Ciszewski. In its first part it is noted, amongst other things, that Dudek and Ciszewski adopt different visions of the moral neutrality of law, or that they conduct analyses in a significantly different manner. It is also emphasized that Ciszewski frequently uses very idealistic, even counterfactual constructions and reads Dudek’s arguments erroneously. In the second part, Dudek, noticing Ciszewski’s very narrow critique of aligning law with morality, presents a more complete list of controversies connected with this postulate, including the problem of the incompleteness of morality, the diagnosis of morality, and the extension of the legislative process.

  • Issue Year: 81/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 235-248
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish