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The Blackwell Guide to Social and Political Philosophy

Robert L. Simon (Herausgeber)

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344 Seiten
2008
Wiley-Blackwell (Hersteller)
9780470756621 (ISBN)
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* Provides a state-of-the-art overview of key issues in social and political philosophy. * Contains newly commissioned essays by leading philosophers. * Includes a discussion of new issures raised by questions of diversity and pluralism within the democratic state.
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.

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

Notes on Contributors. Introduction: Social and Political Philosophy - Sorting Out the Issues: Robert L. Simon (Hamilton College). Part I: Core Principles and the Liberal Democratic State:. 1. Political Obligation and Authority: A. John Simmons (University of Virginia). 2. Liberty, Coercion, and the Limits of the State: Alan Wertheimer (University of Vermont). 3. Justice: Christopher Heath Wellman (Georgia State University). 4. Equality: Richard J. Arneson (University of California at San Diego). 5. Preferences, Rationality, and Democratic Theory: Ann E. Cudd (University of Kansas). Part II: Liberalism, Its Critics, and Alternative Approaches:. 6. Marx's Legacy: Richard W. Miller (Cornell University). 7. Feminism and Political Theory: Virginia Held (City University of 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 of Texas at Austin). 11. Citizenship and Pluralism: Daniel M. Weinstock (University of Montreal). 12. The New Enlightenment: Critical Reflections on the Political Significance of Race: A. Todd Franklin (Hamilton College). 13. Religion and Liberal Democracy: Christopher J. Eberle (Concordia University-River Forest). Select Bibliography. Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 21.1.2008
Verlagsort Hoboken
Sprache englisch
Maße 171 x 252 mm
Gewicht 724 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie
ISBN-13 9780470756621 / 9780470756621
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