PHIL 1002 Lecture 3: The Morality of Law
6 Feb 2018
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Fuller argues that law requires an "inner morality" in order to work as law: law ought to be moral. In order to demonstrate that law requires an inner morality to function, fuller tells a story about a lawmaker (rex) and the ways in which he fails to establish law. Introduction of frequent changes to rules so that they are impossible to follow are carried out) ), "[t]he demands of the i(cid:374)(cid:374)er (cid:373)orality of the law de(cid:373)a(cid:374)d (cid:373)ore tha(cid:374) for(cid:271)eara(cid:374)(cid:272)es; they are, as we loosely say, affirmative in nature. " Phil 1002: achieve rules, follow general rules and measures, make the law known, people have to know that they exist, do not abuse retroactive legislation. "with respect to the demands of legality other than promulgation, then, the most we can expect of constitutions and courts is that they save us from the abyss. "
