The Duty to Rescue: A Liberal-Communitarian Approach

Steven J. Heyman

The Duty to Rescue: A Liberal-Communitarian Approach

Steven J. Heyman

Chicago-Kent College of Law

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Abstract

U.S. law does not require you to throw a rope to a drowning person. Is this reliance on people’s altruism appropriate, or should we seek to enforce such good behavior by law?

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	43-49
Journal	The Responsive Community
Volume	7
Issue number	3
State	Published - 1997

Keywords

John Locke
John Stuart Mill
Common Law

Disciplines

Human Rights Law
Criminal Law

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