Simon The Blackwell Guide to Social and Political Philosophy

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-75653-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 344 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Blackwell Philosophy Guides

The Blackwell Guide to Social and Political Philosophy brings together a collection of newly commissioned essays which examine fundamental issues in social and political theory. Written by leading social and political philosophers, each essay provides a map to the history of the issue at hand and a judicious assessment of the main arguments that have been brought to bear upon that issue.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Simon, Robert L.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors.
Introduction: Social and Political Philosophy - SortingOut the Issues: Robert L. Simon (Hamilton College).
Part I: Core Principles and the Liberal DemocraticState:.
1. Political Obligation and Authority: A. John Simmons(University of Virginia).
2. Liberty, Coercion, and the Limits of the State: AlanWertheimer (University of Vermont).
3. Justice: Christopher Heath Wellman (Georgia StateUniversity).
4. Equality: Richard J. Arneson (University of California at SanDiego).
5. Preferences, Rationality, and Democratic Theory: Ann E. Cudd(University of Kansas).
Part II: Liberalism, Its Critics, and AlternativeApproaches:.
6. Marx's Legacy: Richard W. Miller (Cornell University).
7. Feminism and Political Theory: Virginia Held (City Universityof New York Graduate School and Hunter College).
8. Liberalism and the Challenge of Communitarianism: James P.Sterba (University of Notre Dame).
9. Liberal Theories and Their Critics: William Nelson(University of Houston).
Part III: Pluralism, Diversity, and Deliberation:.
10. Deliberative Democracy: James S. Fishkin (University ofTexas at Austin).
11. Citizenship and Pluralism: Daniel M. Weinstock (Universityof Montreal).
12. The New Enlightenment: Critical Reflections on the PoliticalSignificance of Race: A. Todd Franklin (Hamilton College).
13. Religion and Liberal Democracy: Christopher J. Eberle(Concordia University-River Forest).
Select Bibliography.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Robert L. Simon is Professor of Philosophy at HamiltonCollege. He is author of numerous articles in social and politicalphilosophy as well as Fair Play (1991) andNeutrality and the Academic Ethic (1994), and co-author ofThe Individual and the Political Order, (third edition,1998). He is currently working on issues in discourse ethics and onthe ethics of competition in athletics, and is a past president ofthe International Association of the Philosophy of Sport.