Contemporary Debates in Political Philosophy

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Thomas Christiano, John Christman
John Wiley & Sons, Mar 30, 2009 - Philosophy - 488 pages
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.
  • Presents fresh debates on six of the fundamental questions in contemporary political philosophy
  • Each question is treated by a pair of opposing essays written by eminent scholars
  • Lively debate format sharply defines the issues, invites the reader to participate in the exchange of arguments and paves the way for further discussion
  • Will serve as an accessible introduction to the major topics in political philosophy, whilst also capturing the imagination of professional philosophers
  • Offers the unique opportunity to observe leading philosophers engaging in head-to-head debate
 

Contents

CHAPTER ONE Introduction
1
QUESTIONS OF METHOD
21
CHAPTER TWO Facts and Principles
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
Index
457
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Thomas Christiano is Professor of Philosophy and Law at the University of Arizona. He is also the co-director of the Rogers Program in Law and Society in the College of Law. He has been a fellow at the National Humanities Center, a visiting fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and a visiting fellow in the Research School of the Social Sciences at the Australian National University. He has published widely in the areas of moral and political philosophy and is the author of The Constitution of Equality: Democratic Authority and Its Limits (2008) and The Rule of the Many: Fundamental Issues in Democratic Theory (1996). He is currently finishing a book on the foundations of equality.

John Christman is Associate Professor of Philosophy, Political Science, and Women’s Studies at Pennsylvania State University, where he specializes in contemporary social and political philosophy. He is the author of The Myth of Property (1994), Social and Political Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction (2002), and The Politics of Persons: Individual Autonomy and Socio-historical Selves (2009).

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