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A New Theory Of Justice And Other Essays
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Author : James Ward
language : en
Publisher: Cool Millennium
Release Date : 2019-08-26
A New Theory Of Justice And Other Essays written by James Ward and has been published by Cool Millennium this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-26 with Philosophy categories.
Is justice best understood as flowing from a social contract, or is there something else going on? How can we explain the many divergent notions of justice throughout history? Is it even possible to give a separate account of justice (as opposed to, say, social convention or morality)? These are some of the questions considered in A New Theory of Justice. But there are other essays in here, other questions, and other (tentative) answers. Is it possible to talk about ‘God’ anymore? What kinds of minds do animals have, and how could we ever find out? And what about free-will: is it just a story we tell ourselves to help us navigate life and stay sane? Or not? The author has a master’s degree and a DPhil, both in Philosophy.
A New Theory Of Justice And Other Essays
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Author : J. J. Ward
language : en
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Release Date : 2017-12-20
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A New Theory of Justice and Other Essays consists of four articles, each of which attempts to break new ground in philosophy. Altogether, it runs to just over 40,000 words - just over half the length of an average novel. The title chapter argues that the 'war of all against all' described in Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan is the best starting point for a coherent theory of justice. We have no real conception of a state of nature (nor any possibility of reaching one), yet the question of how justice might arise from a situation of complete anarchy is crucial. The next, 'What is Culture?' speaks for itself, but its conclusions are surprising and disturbing. 'A New Approach to the Philosophy of Religion' contends that we can no longer do the kind of thinking about God that past ages took for granted: our living in a Hubble universe changes everything, and yet 'non realist' approaches to the subject are also dead-ends. We must pass from asking about the sufficient characteristics of God to the necessary ones. The last chapter, 'On the Possible Varieties of Consciousness in the World', argues that some animals - sadly, we can never know which - might possess advanced minds. The author adopts an analytic approach to the subject - his aim throughout is to say everything as clearly as possible - but he does not shy from requisitioning arguments from continental philosophers. Locke, Rousseau, Rawls, Nozick, Hegel, Foucault, Aquinas, Augustine, Dennett, Churchland, Searle, and others, are brought in to shed light on areas that might otherwise remain obscure. This is not 'philosophy' in the loose sense of spiritual rumination, but in the harder sense of premise and conclusion. The author has a master's degree and a DPhil, both in Philosophy from Sussex University. His doctoral thesis was examined in viva and passed unconditionally by David McLellan, Emeritus Professor of Political Theory at the University of Kent and author of many standard texts about Marx in English. In 1998, JJ Ward won joint first prize (along with Martha Nussbaum and Lars G�rding) in a philosophical dialogues competition organised by the Humanities Research Centre at Oxford University and the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. Its subject was S�ren Kierkegaard. The dialogue was performed at the Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm, in front of an invited audience, and subsequently published in Comparative Criticism vol. 20 (Cambridge University Press, 1998).
A Theory Of Justice
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Author : John RAWLS
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2009-06-30
A Theory Of Justice written by John RAWLS and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-30 with Philosophy categories.
Though the revised edition of A Theory of Justice, published in 1999, is the definitive statement of Rawls's view, so much of the extensive literature on Rawls's theory refers to the first edition. This reissue makes the first edition once again available for scholars and serious students of Rawls's work.
On The Currency Of Egalitarian Justice And Other Essays In Political Philosophy
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Author : G. A. Cohen
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2011-01-03
On The Currency Of Egalitarian Justice And Other Essays In Political Philosophy written by G. A. Cohen and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-03 with Philosophy categories.
G. A. Cohen was one of the most gifted, influential, and progressive voices in contemporary political philosophy. At the time of his death in 2009, he had plans to bring together a number of his most significant papers. This is the first of three volumes to realize those plans. Drawing on three decades of work, it contains previously uncollected articles that have shaped many of the central debates in political philosophy, as well as papers published here for the first time. In these pieces, Cohen asks what egalitarians have most reason to equalize, he considers the relationship between freedom and property, and he reflects upon ideal theory and political practice. Included here are classic essays such as "Equality of What?" and "Capitalism, Freedom, and the Proletariat," along with more recent contributions such as "Fairness and Legitimacy in Justice," "Freedom and Money," and the previously unpublished "How to Do Political Philosophy." On ample display throughout are the clarity, rigor, conviction, and wit for which Cohen was renowned. Together, these essays demonstrate how his work provides a powerful account of liberty and equality to the left of Ronald Dworkin, John Rawls, Amartya Sen, and Isaiah Berlin.
The History Of Political Theory And Other Essays
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Author : John Dunn
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1996
The History Of Political Theory And Other Essays written by John Dunn and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with History categories.
A collection of penetrating essays on political thought - past, present and future - by a major commentator.
New Essays On The Nature Of Rights
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Author : Mark McBride
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2017-08-24
New Essays On The Nature Of Rights written by Mark McBride and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-24 with Law categories.
This original collection of jurisprudential essays furthers our understanding of the nature of rights. In Part 1, Halpin considers the value of Hohfeldian neutrality when theorising about law in general, and legal rights in particular, and Kurki focuses on Hohfeld's operative notion of power. In Part 2, Kramer rebuts Wenar's objections to his Interest Theory of rights, and May provides a comparative defence of the Interest Theory against Wenar's Kind-Desire theory of claim-rights. Penner then pursues legal doctrine, focusing on whether judges hold the powers of their office as rights, an issue over which Wenar and Kramer have clashed. Sreenivasan, utilising a novel test case involving pure public goods, argues that the third party beneficiary objection to the Interest Theory is fatal. McBride builds on Sreenivasan's Hybrid Theory of claim-rights to construct his new Tracking Theory of rights. Cruft then argues that the best extant versions of the Interest and Will Theories of rights cannot avoid a form of circularity, and Van Duffel argues that meeting four adequacy constraints, which he proposes, counts in favour of any theory of rights. In Part 3, Andersson proposes a tie breaking procedure for rights conflicts in the applied realm of politics, and Steiner concludes by alleging that Kant's principle of right, a standard of corrective justice, has distributive implications. 'A fine collection of cutting-edge essays on the most important normative concept of modernity.' Professor Leif Wenar, King's College London 'This important collection proceeds much beyond the famous 1998 A Debate Over Rights which sets the stage for the debates concerning rights since then. It explores three aspects of rights. First it re-examines the Hohfeldian classification and highlights its importance and relevance. Second it investigates and develops the debates between the interest and the will theory. It includes essays by the main established proponents of these two positions as well as essays by newcomers to this field. The different essays in this part address each other in ways which sharpen and clarify the disagreements and provide new original arguments for the contending views. Last, it provides a new perspective on the debates concerning conflicts of rights and the ways to overcome them. This collection will no doubt dominate the future conceptual discussions concerning the nature of rights and their role in political theory.' Professor Alon Harel, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Justice And The Social Contract
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Author : Samuel Freeman
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2009-04-24
Justice And The Social Contract written by Samuel Freeman and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-24 with Philosophy categories.
Samuel Freeman was a student of the influential philosopher John Rawls, he has edited numerous books dedicated to Rawls' work and is arguably Rawls' foremost interpreter. This volume collects new and previously published articles by Freeman on Rawls. Among other things, Freeman places Rawls within historical context in the social contract tradition, and thoughtfully addresses criticisms of this position. Not only is Freeman a leading authority on Rawls, but he is an excellent thinker in his own right, and these articles will be useful to a wide range of scholars interested in Rawls and the expanse of his influence.
An Analysis Of John Rawls S A Theory Of Justice
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Author : Filippo Dionigi
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2017-07-05
An Analysis Of John Rawls S A Theory Of Justice written by Filippo Dionigi and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-05 with Literary Criticism categories.
John Rawls's A Theory of Justice is one of the most influential works of legal and political theory published since the Second World War. It provides a memorably well-constructed and sustained argument in favour of a new (social contract) version of the meaning of social justice. In setting out this argument, Rawls aims to construct a viable, systematic doctrine designed to ensure that the process of maximizing good is both conscious and coherent – and the result is a work that foregrounds the critical thinking skill of reasoning. Rawls's focus falls equally on discussions of the failings of existing systems – not least among them Marxism and Utilitarianism – and on explanation of his own new theory of justice. By illustrating how he arrived at his conclusions, and by clearly explaining and justifying his own liberal, pluralist values, Rawls is able to produce a well structured argument that is fully focused on the need to persuade. Rawls explicitly explains his goals. He discusses other ways of conceptualizing a just society and deals with counter-arguments by explaining his objections to them. Then, carefully and methodically, he defines a number of concepts and tools—“thought experiments”—that help the reader to follow his reasoning and test his ideas. Rawls’s hypothesis is that his ideas about justice can be universally applied: they can be accepted as rational in any society at any time.
The Arc Of The Moral Universe And Other Essays
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Author : Joshua Cohen
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2010
The Arc Of The Moral Universe And Other Essays written by Joshua Cohen and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Philosophy categories.
In this collection of essays, Joshua Cohen locates ideas about democracy in three far-ranging contexts. First, he explores the relationship between democratic values and history. He then discusses democracy in connection with the views of defining political theorists in the democratic tradition: John Locke, John Rawls, Noam Chomsky, Juergen Habermas, and Susan Moller Okin. Finally, he examines the place of democratic ideals in a global setting, suggesting an idea of “global public reason”—a terrain of political justification in global politics in which shared reason still plays an essential role.All the essays are linked by his overarching claim that political philosophy is a practical subject intended to orient and guide conduct in the social world. Cohen integrates moral, social-scientific, and historical argument in order to develop this stance, and he further confronts the question of whether a society conceived in liberty and dedicated to equality can endure. At Gettysburg, President Lincoln forcefully stated the question and expressed both hope and concern over this same struggle about an affirmative answer. By enabling us to trace the arc of the moral universe, the essays in this volume—along with the companion collection, Philosophy, Politics, Democracy—give us some reasons for sharing that hope.
The Theory Of Contract Law
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Author : Peter Benson
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2001-02-05
The Theory Of Contract Law written by Peter Benson and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-02-05 with Law categories.
Essays addressing a variety of issues in the theory and practice of contract law.
