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Darin Thompson's CPD Podcast | Colin Macleod - Right, Wrong & Wicked Laws: How Can Anyone Decide? (#21) | 2.0 Hours of CPD
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What is one of the arguments Colin makes for the benefits of philosophy or jurisprudence?
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It's an abstract inquiry into the nature of law that might have some practical relevance for legal professionals.
It makes you seem smart.
What point was Colin making in his reference to the changing views around same-sex marriage?
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We are fallible and can make mistakes that we only realize later were wrong or mistaken in a very serious way.
The mathematical and scientific bases of law never change.
What is Colin's view on the question of whether law is just an extension of politics?
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Law is social, and therefore necessarily political.
While law is an extension of our social world, and we do assign some answers to politicians, we also rely on impartial adjudicators to apply rules or standards to some legal questions with integrity.
Why value does Colin think philosophy can offer for contentious disputes?
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It can save time by not worrying about thinking too much.
It reminds us we may have formed our views without right right evidence, under the influence of biases, and that we should try to identify principled reasons for positions.
Do all schools of philosophy agree that legal reasoning requires us to also reason about justice or morality?
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All schools of philosophy agree that justice and morality are always part of legal reasoning.
Some schools of philosophy think there is a gap between what the law is, and what the law ought to be.
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What is Colin's view about the value of philosophy or jurisprudence for future uses of artificial intelligence?
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He contends it can support systematic, careful examination of the values at stake for applications like self-driving cars.
He argues AI is purely technical or mathematical and can't benefit from philosophical inquiry.
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