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111 Harv. L. Rev. 1637 (1997-1998)
The Problematics of Moral and Legal Theory

handle is hein.journals/hlr111 and id is 1659 raw text is: VOLUME 111 MAY 1998 NUMBER 7 1HARVARD LAW REVIEW1 '997 OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES LECTURES THE PROBLEMATICS OF MORAL AND LEGAL THEORY Richard A. Posner TABLE OF CONTENTS I. THE Lminrs OF MORAL THEORIZING ........................................................................... 638 A. The Thesis of Part I Summarized ............................................................................. 638 B. My Moral Stance ......................................................................................................... 1642 x. Moral Relativism ................................................................................................ 1642 2. Moral Subjectivism ............................................................................................ 1643 3. Moral Skepticism ............................................................................................... 1643 4. Emotivism ........................................................................................................... 1645 5. Moral Particularism ........................................................................................... 1645 C. What I Think of Theory. ......................................................................................... 1646 D. The Relativity of Morals ............................................................................................ 1649 E. Reconceiving Morality Functionally ........................................................................ 1657 R The Moral Sentiments ................................................................................................ 1662 G. The Problem of Motivation and the Methods of the Moral Entrepreneur ........... 1664 H. The Scholarship of Morality ...................................................................................... 1668 1. Functional Analysis ........................................................................................... 1668 2. High Moral Theory ............................................................................................ 1670 3. Reflective Equilibrium ...................................................................................... 1673 4. Moral Casuistry .................................................................................................. 1675 L The Perils of Uniformity ......................................................................................... 1681 J. Professionalism's Cold Grip and the Impotence of Education ............................... 1682 K. Moral Change and the Persistence of Moral Debate - and of Academic Moralism ....................................................................................... 1689 11. THE Lu TS OF MORAL REASONING IN LAv .................................................................. 1693 A. Law and Morality: The Relation Reargued ............................................................. 1693 B. Some Cases ................................................................................................................... 1698 z. The Euthanasia Cases ....................................................................................... 17o0 2. The Abortion Cases ........................................................................................... 1702 3. The Segregation Cases and a Note on Affirmative Action ........................... 1703 4. The Case of the Murdering Heir ...................................................................... 1707 C. Conclusion to Part II ................................................................................................. 1708 APPENDIX ...................................................................................................................................... 1710 1637

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