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Pluralizm wartości i holizm prawniczy
Value pluralism and legal holism

Author(s): Beata Polanowska-Sygulska
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Sociology of Culture
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: legal holism; Comprehensive Law Movement; value pluralism; value incommensurability;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to present a juxtaposition of two standpoints, belonging to different branches of broadly understood philosophical reflection: value pluralism, on which the author of the present article has been working for years, and legal holism, put forward by Adam Zienkiewicz in his most recent book. The point of departure for comparing the two positions is their characteristics. Special attention is given to the presuppositions embedded in both standpoints. It is concluded that they not only harmonize, but also complement each other. As a result, value pluralism can be translated to ideas which have purely practical implications, while legal holism gains a strong grounding in ethics.

  • Issue Year: 81/2019
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 281-293
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish