LAWS 2105 Lecture 3: Week 3 LAWS 2105
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Debatable claim - someone can disagree with. Hart argues that there is no necessary connection with law and morals. All evidence should be from the paper. Logic and clear - the paper will not be easy. Writing process - focus on thesis, evidence, roadmap. Every paragraph makes one point - take home. Explanation - how does evidence establish the point. Try not to spend more than 2 hours = advice: once finished the draft, have another set of eyes, commentary on hart essay, ambiguity / vague - cannot identify, or interpreted in more than one way. Hart"s response to nazi law and racht(?: we also ought to embrace a separation, you have ultimate responsibility to make own judgements. Morally right and morally wrong: embrace separation - to exercise moral consciousness. Hart also says, law is a source of obligation. Practical reason - hart says law is a source of obligation, legal positivists gave moral reason for this reason.