Arguing About Political Philosophy

3. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-86352-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 850 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Arguing About Philosophy

This Third Edition of Arguing About Political Philosophy is the most complete, up-to-date, and interdisciplinary anthology of its kind. Its selections cover classic philosophical sources such as those from Thomas Hobbes and John Rawls, important works in political economy from thinkers like Adam Smith, Friedrich Hayek, and Karl Marx, and the writing of cutting edge contemporary theorists like Debra Satz, Jason Brennan, and Ta-Nehisi Coates.

The Third Edition has been substantially revised to make it more suitable for a growing number of courses in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE). New topics and new readings help to explore the intersection of these three disciplines at a theoretical level, and how they help us to think about challenging practical problems like regulating sweatshop labor, reconciling immigration policy with social justice, and thinking about the virtues and limits of democracy.

In addition to offering sections on foundational concepts, political economy, and contemporary debates in political philosophy, the Third Edition contains a brand new section on political ideologies, with a new introduction and accessible readings setting out the main features of liberalism, socialism, conservatism, and libertarianism.

The updated companion website www.routledge.com/cw/zwolinski offers valuable resources for instructors and students alike, including sample quizzes, exams, and writing assignments, extensive study questions for each reading, and an online version of the "What’s Your Political Philosophy" self-assessment.

Key Updates to the Third Edition:

- Includes more interdisciplinary readings from economists and political scientists

- Contains readings that make the volume a better fit for new programs in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE).

- Offers a better representation of diverse ideological perspectives

- Provides new coverage of emerging topics like reparations for past injustice, sweatshop labor, immigration policy, effective altruism, and the value of democracy

- Updates the important parts on the book’s website: sample quizzes, exams, and writing assignments, extensive study questions for each reading, and an online version of the "What’s Your Political Philosophy" self-assessment

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Juarez-Garcia, Mario I.

Zwolinski, Matt

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

General Introduction  Part 1. Fundamental Concepts  1a. Political Authority  i. Social Contract Theory  1. Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan (chapters 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 21) 2. John Locke, The Second Treatise of Civil Government (chapters 2, 3, 8, 9, 19) 3. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract (Book I)  ii. Against the Social Contract  4. David Hume, “Of the Original Contract” 5. Michael Huemer, “The Problem of Political Authority” 6. Charles Mills, “The Racial Contract” 7. Virginia Held, “Non-Contractual Society: A Feminist View”  1b. Justice  8. David Hume, “Justice as Convention” 9. John Stuart Mill, “Justice and Utility” (Utiltarianism, chapters 2 and 5) 10. John Rawls, “A Theory of Justice”  1c. Freedom  11. John Stuart Mill, “On Liberty” 12. Isaiah Berlin, “Two Concepts of Liberty” 13. Philip Pettit, “Republican Political Theory”  1d. Equality  14. Amartya Sen, “Equality of What?” 15. Richard Arneson, “Equality and Equal Opportunity for Welfare” 16. Harry Frankfurt, “Equality as a Moral Ideal” 17. Elizabeth Anderson, “What is the point of equality?”  Part 2: Political Economy  2a. Property Rights  18. John Locke, “Property” 19. Herbert Spencer, “The Right to the Use of the Earth” 20. Garrett Hardin, “The Tragedy of the Commons” 21. David Schmidtz, “The Institution of Property”  2b. Market Efficiency and Market Failure  22. Adam Smith, “The Wealth of Nations” 23. Friedrich Hayek, “The Use of Knowledge in Society” 24. Debra Satz, “The Background Conditions of Market efficiency and Market Failure” 25. Charles Wolf, Jr., “Market Failure” 26. Elinor Ostrom, “Beyond Markets and States: Polycentric Governance of Complex Economic Systems”  2c. Public Choice Theory  27. Machiavelli, “The Prince” 28. James Buchanan, “Public Choice: Politics Without Romance” 29. George Stigler, “The Theory of Economic Regulation”  Part 3: Political Ideologies  3a. Liberalism 30. F.A. Hayek, “Why I am not a Conservative” 31. John Rawls, “Justice as Fairness: Political Not Metaphysical” 32. Gerald Gaus, “The Moral Foundations of Liberal Neutrality”  3b. Socialism  33. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, “The Communist Manifesto” 34. Karl Marx, “Critique of the Gotha Program” 35. G.A. Cohen, “Why Not Socialism?” 3c. Conservatism  36. Jerry Muller, “What is Conservative Social and Political Thought?” 37. Yoram Hazony, “The Conservative Paradigm”  3d. Libertarianism  38. Matt Zwolinski and John Tomasi, “What Is Libertarianism?” 39. Robert Nozick, “The Entitlement Theory of Justice” 40. Peter Vallentyne, “Left-Libertarianism: A Primer”  Part 4: Contemporary Debates in Political Philosophy  4a. Are Sweatshops Immoral?  41. Benjamin Powell and Matt Zwolinski, “The Ethical and Economic Case Against Sweatshop Labor: A Critical Assessment” 42. Matthew Coakley and Michael Kates, “The Ethical and Economic Case for Sweatshop Regulation”  4b. Do We Owe Reparations for Past Injustices?  43. Ta-Nehisi Coates, “The Case for Reparations” 44. Jeremy Waldron, “Superseding Historic Injustice”  4c. What Do We Owe the Global Poor?  45. Peter Singer, “The Life You Can Save” 46. David Schmidtz, “After Solipsism”  4d. Are Immigration Restrictions Unjust?  47. Joseph Carens, “Aliens and Citizens” 48. Stephen Macedo, “The Moral Dilemma of US Immigration Policy”  4e. Is Democracy Overrated?  49. Jason Brennan, “Against Democracy” 50. Henry Farrell, Hugo Mercier, and Melissa Schwartzberg, “The New Libertarian Elitists”

Über Autor(innen)

Matt Zwolinski is Professor of Philosophy at the University of San Diego, USA, founder and director of USD’s Center for Ethics, Economics, and Public Policy, and director of USD’s undergraduate program in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. He is the co-author, with John Tomasi, of The Individualists: Radicals, Reactionaries, and the Struggle for the Soul of Libertarianism (2023), and with Miranda Perry Fleischer, of Universal Basic Income: What Everyone Needs to Know (2023).

Mario I. Juarez-Garcia is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Tulane University, USA. His areas of specialization are political philosophy, moral philosophy, and PPE and he has published scholarly articles in Synthese, Public Affairs Quarterly, Journal of Moral Philosophy, and Social Philosophy & Policy. He is also the author of Moral Institutions: An Introduction to Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (Routledge, 2025)