The Nature and Limits of Human Equality

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-349-46051-9
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 188 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 259 g

The belief in equality as the basis of a just society is fundamental to the dominant western, liberal viewpoint. Yet, the standard individualist justification for it is weak and contradictory. This book provides a radically new communitarian account of the value of equality and establishes it's proper limits.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Charvet, John

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte: Ereignisse und Themen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Key Terms 1. The Strange Neglect of the Basis of Equality in Contemporary Egalitarianism 2. Ancient Ethics and the Transformation of Political Values in Early Modern Natural Law Theory 3. The Individualist Ethical Justification of Equality and its Problems 4. The Community as the Source of Individual Ethical Worth 5. Communitarianism, Old and New 6. Global Justice in the Contemporary Literature 7. Liberal Communitarianism from a Global Perspective Selected Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

John Charvet is Professor Emeritus in Political Science at London School of Economics, UK, where he taught political philosophy and its history for many years. He is the author of several books, including A Critique of Freedom and Equality and The Social Problem in the Philosophy of Rousseau. His most recent book, written with Dr Kaczynska-Nay, is The Liberal Project and Human Rights (2008).