Contemporary Debates in Political PhilosophyThomas Christiano, John Christman This collection of 24 essays, written by eminent philosophers and political theorists, brings together fresh debates on some of the most fundamental questions in contemporary political philosophy, including human rights, equality, constitutionalism, the value of democracy, identity and political neutrality.
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Contents
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23 | |
CHAPTER
THREE
Constructivism Facts and
Moral Justification | 41 |
CHAPTER
FOUR
Reason and the Ethos of a
LateModern Citizen | 61 |
LIBERALISM
POLITICAL NEUTRALITY | 79 |
CHAPTER
FIVE
The Moral Foundations of
Liberal Neutrality | 81 |
CHAPTER
SIX
Perfectionism in Politics
A Defense | 99 |
CHAPTER
FOURTEEN
Reflections on Deliberative
Democracy | 247 |
DEMOCRACY AND
ITS LIMITS
CONSTITUTIONALISM | 265 |
CHAPTER
FIFTEEN
Constitutionalism
A Skeptical View | 267 |
CHAPTER
SIXTEEN
Constitutionalism | 283 |
PERSONS IDENTITY
AND DIFFERENCE
INDIVIDUALISM AND
COMMUNITY | 301 |
CHAPTER
SEVENTEEN
Individualism and
the Claims of Community | 303 |
CHAPTER
EIGHTEEN
Liberalism Communitarianism
and the Politics of Identity | 322 |
PERSONS IDENTITY
AND DIFFERENCE
IDENTITY AND THE POLITICS
OF DIFFERENCE | 343 |
LIBERALISM
LIBERTY AND
DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE | 119 |
CHAPTER
SEVEN
Individualism and
Libertarian Rights | 121 |
CHAPTER
EIGHT
LeftLibertarianism and Liberty | 137 |
LIBERALISM
EQUALITY | 153 |
CHAPTER
NINE
Illuminating Egalitarianism | 155 |
CHAPTER
TEN
A Reasonable Alternative
to Egalitarianism | 179 |
DEMOCRACY AND
ITS LIMITS
THE VALUE OF
DEMOCRACY | 195 |
CHAPTER
ELEVEN
The Supposed Right to a
Democratic Say | 197 |
CHAPTER
TWELV E
Democracy Instrumental vs
NonInstrumental Value | 213 |
DEMOCRACY AND
ITS LIMITS
DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY | 229 |
CHAPTER
THIRTEEN
Deliberative Democracy | 231 |
CHAPTER
NINETEEN
Relational Liberalism and
Demands for Equality
Recognition and Group Rights | 345 |
CHAPTER
TWENTY
Structural Injustice and the
Politics of Difference 1 | 362 |
GLOBAL JUSTICE
COSMOPOLITANISM | 385 |
CHAPTER
TWENTYONE
Cosmopolitanism and Justice | 387 |
CHAPTER
TWENTYTWO
Distributive Justice at Home
and Abroad 1 | 408 |
GLOBAL JUSTICE
HUMAN RIGHTS | 423 |
CHAPTER
TWENTYTHREE
The Dark Side of
Human Rights 1 | 425 |
CHAPTER
TWENTYFOUR
A Defense of Welfare Rights
as Human Rights | 437 |
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