Archiwum
Filozofii Prawa
i Filozofii Społecznej

Journal of the Polish Section of IVR (ISSN:2082-3304)

IVR
  • About us
  • Aim & scope
  • News
  • Issues
    • Current Issue
    • Past Issues
  • Editorial board
    • Board Members
    • Reviewers
  • For authors
  • Ethics
  • Contact
  • Polski

Rule of law, public philosophy and moral responsibility of scientists

Prof. dr hab. Lech Morawski

Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu

English abstract: The paper discusses some relationships between the rule of law and the public philosophy. It is unquestionable that nowadays the scientism has become one of the dominant ideologies of industrial and post-industrial societies. Scientists and researchers take an active part in public life, are advisors to governments and corporations, comment in the media important public events. Thus, the problem arises of their moral and legal responsibility for what they say and do in public life. In my opinion, we may distinguish two different models of responsibility, which I call a model of scientist as an ordinary citizen and model of scientist always on duty. To put it another way, we may ask, whether the scientist in public life like an ordinary citizen can act in accordance with his political, economic or religious sympathies and preferences or just like a judge, priest or a physician is always „on duty” and always must follow all the rules of his profession. I defend the view that the adoption of the second model is one of the necessary preconditions of the existence of informed and rational public opinion and thus, the informed and rational rule of law.

Keywords: rule of law, moral responsibility, legal responsibility, public philosophy

Language: Polish

Published: Number 2(9)/2014, pp. 85-94

Download: Download

Number of downloads: 159

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: legal responsibility, moral responsibility, public philosophy, rule of law

Szukaj

Categories

  • Articles
  • Bez kategorii
  • Editorial
  • In Memoriam
  • News
  • Reports
  • Reviews and discussions

Keywords

Petera Fechtera case border persons Bartosz Wojciechowski person legal database legal facts social ethics legal gap collaborative practice dealing with the past judicial decision extensive interpretation Monika Zalewska human nature explanation Wojciech Ciszewski pandemic intention Ronald Dworkin professional self-governments transitional justice the principle of gender equality situationalist and normativist conception virtue language of norms American courts justification of the acts of applying the law formalization Mariola Żak Franciszek Strzyszkowski animal protection agonism theory of decision making Tbilisi cultural revolution public interest Lawyers’ Professional Ethics reference hard cases formalism Uniformed Services Pension Amendment Acts in Poland rights therapy subjectivity Legal institution Bartosz Brożek distributive justice culture of authority open society Hobbes

Copyright © 2023 Polska Sekcja Międzynarodowego Stowarzyszenia Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej IVR | Administrator strony: Karolina Gmerek

Ta strona używa plików cookies. Zakładamy, że wyrażają Państwo na to zgodę, ale mogą Państwo także wyłączyć pliki cookies w Ustawieniach. //
This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. (Zob. więcej // Read more) Ustawienia // SettingsZGODA // ACCEPT

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT