Christiano / Christman Contemporary Debates in Political Philosophy

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-1038-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 488 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Contemporary Debates in Philosophy

This collection of 24 essays, written by eminent philosophers andpolitical theorists, brings together fresh debates on some of themost fundamental questions in contemporary political philosophy,including human rights, equality, constitutionalism, the value ofdemocracy, identity and political neutrality.
* Presents fresh debates on six of the fundamental questions incontemporary political philosophy
* Each question is treated by a pair of opposing essays writtenby eminent scholars
* Lively debate format sharply defines the issues, invites thereader to participate in the exchange of arguments and paves theway for further discussion
* Will serve as an accessible introduction to the major topicsin political philosophy, whilst also capturing the imagination ofprofessional philosophers
* Offers the unique opportunity to observe leading philosophersengaging in head-to-head debate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Christiano, Thomas

Christman, John

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements.
Introduction Thomas Christiano and John Christman.
Questions of Method.
1. Facts and Principles G.A. Cohen.
2. Constructivism, Facts, and Moral Justification SamuelFreeman.
3. Reason and the Ethos of a Late-Modern Citizen StephenWhite.
Liberalism.
Political Neutrality.
4. The Moral Foundations of Liberal Neutrality Gerald F.Gaus.
5. Perfectionism in Politics: A Defense Steven Wall.
Liberty and Distributive Justice.
6. Individualism and Libertarian Rights Eric Mack.
7. Left-Libertarianism and Liberty Peter Vallentyne.
Equality.
8. Illuminating Egalitarianism Larry S. Temkin.
9. A Reasonable Alternative to Egalitariansim John Kekes.
Democracy and Its Limits.
The Value of Democracy.
10. The Supposed Right to a Democratic Say Richard Arneson.
11. Democracy: Instrumental vs. Non-Instrumental Value ElizabethAnderson.
Deliberative Democracy.
12. Deliberative Democracy Russell Hardin.
13. Reflections on Deliberative Democracy ConstitutionalismJoshua Cohen.
14. Constitutionalism--A Skeptical View Jeremy Waldron.
15. Constitutionalism Larry Alexander.
Persons, Identity and Difference.
Individualism and Community.
16. Individualism and the Claims of Community RichardDagger.
17. Liberalism, Communitarianism, and the Politics of IdentityMargaret Moore.
Identity and the Politics of Difference.
18. Relational Liberalism and Demands for Equality, Recognitionand Group Rights Anthony S. Laden.
19. Structural Injustice and the Politics of Difference IrisMarion Young.
Global Justice.
Cosmopolitanism.
20. Cosmopolitanism and Justice Simon Caney.
21. Distributive Justice at Home and Abroad Jon Mandle.
Human Rights.
22. The Dark Side of Human Rights Onora O'Neill.
23. A Defense of Welfare Rights as Human Rights James W.Nickel.
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Über Autor(innen)

Thomas Christiano is Professor of Philosophy and Law at theUniversity of Arizona. He is also the co-director of the RogersProgram in Law and Society in the College of Law. He has been afellow at the National Humanities Center, a visiting fellow of AllSouls College, Oxford, and a visiting fellow in the Research Schoolof the Social Sciences at the Australian National University. Hehas published widely in the areas of moral and political philosophyand is the author of The Constitution of Equality: DemocraticAuthority and Its Limits (2008) and The Rule of the Many:Fundamental Issues in Democratic Theory (1996). He is currentlyfinishing a book on the foundations of equality.
John Christman is Associate Professor of Philosophy,Political Science, and Women's Studies at Pennsylvania StateUniversity, where he specializes in contemporary social andpolitical philosophy. He is the author of The Myth ofProperty (1994), Social and Political Philosophy: AContemporary Introduction (2002), and The Politics ofPersons: Individual Autonomy and Socio-historical Selves(2009).