Social and political philosophy : contemporary perspectives /

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Imprint:London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.
Description:xiv, 481 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4412521
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Other authors / contributors:Sterba, James P.
ISBN:0415217954
0415217962 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Part I. Introduction
  • Justice for Here and Now
  • Part II. Foundations of Social and Political Philosophy
  • Moral Methodology
  • 1. On the History, Nature and Disadvantages of Warmaking Philosophy
  • Rationality
  • 2. The Rational Justification of Morality Revisited
  • 3. Theoretical versus Practical Rationality
  • Part III. Alternative Social and Political Perspectives
  • Libertarianism
  • 4. Libertarian Justice
  • Notes
  • 5. Letting People Be People and the Right to Property
  • Welfare Liberalism
  • 6. What (Welfare) Justice Owes Care
  • 7. Liberalism and Freedom
  • Virtue Ethics and Community
  • 8. Justice as a Virtue
  • 9. Justice, Community, and the Limits to Autonomy
  • Socialism
  • 10. Socialism and Egalitarian Justice
  • 11. Democratic Egalitarianism
  • Part IV. Challenges to Social and Political Philosophy
  • Feminism
  • 12. Feminism and the Objects of Justice
  • Bibliography
  • 13. Justice for Here and Now or There and Then?
  • Lesbian and Gay Perspectives
  • 14. Routes to Lake Wobegon
  • 15. Justice for Glenn and Stacy
  • Racial and Multicultural Perspectives
  • 16. White Supremacy and Racial Justice, Here and Now
  • 17. The Relationship between the Justice of the State and the Justice of Persons
  • Environmentalism
  • 18. Enforcing Environmental Ethics
  • References
  • 19. The Moral Status of Nonhuman Life
  • Part V. The Application of Social and Political Philosophy to Nonideal Conditions
  • Just War Theory and Pacifism
  • 20. Pacifism for Nonpacifists
  • Notes
  • Civil Disobedience and Revolutionary Action
  • 21. The Moral Self in the Face of Injustice
  • References
  • Part VI. Conclusion
  • Toward Reconciliation in Social and Political Philosophy
  • Index