Goodin On Settling

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ISBN: 978-1-4008-4531-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 128 Seiten

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Goodin, Robert E.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction1

One • Modes of Settling 5
Where This Is Heading 5
Settling Down 7
Settling In 17
Settling Up 20
Settling For 25
Settling One's Affairs 27
Settling On: The Master Notion 27

Two • The Value of Settling 30
Settling as an Aid to Planning and Agency 31
Settling, Commitment, Trust, and Confidence 37
Settling the Social Fabric 44

Three • What Settling Is Not 51
Settling Is Not Just Compromising 52
Settling Is Not Just Conservatism 57
Settling Is Not Just Resignation 60

Four • Settling in Aid of Striving 63
Settling in Order to Strive 64
What Strivings Require Settling, and Why 66
When to Switch between One and the Other, and Why 68

Conclusions 74

Notes 75
References 93
Index 107

Über Autor(innen)

Robert E. Goodin is professor of government at the University of Essex and distinguished professor of philosophy and social and political theory at Australian National University.