Debates in contemporary political philosophy: an anthology
Editorial ROUTLEDGE
España peninsular
- Editorial ROUTLEDGE
- ISBN13 9780415302111
- ISBN10 0415302110
- Tipo Libro
- Páginas 454
- Año de Edición 2003
- Idioma Inglés
- Encuadernación Rústica
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Filosofía Politica Y Del DerechoDebates in contemporary political philosophy: an anthology
Editorial ROUTLEDGE
España peninsular
Detalles del libro
This book provides a comprehensive collection of influential essays that present a balanced survey of the major ideas that have come out of this area of study in the last two decades. Each article has been carefully chosen to enable any student of political philosophy to grasp the main debates within the topic.
Clearly divided into two parts, Part One deals with fundamental philosophical issues: the nature of social explanation; distributive justice and liberalism and communitarianism. Part Two contains seminal papers in more specific areas: citizenship and multiculturalism; nationalism; democracy and criminal justice.
Readings from the following thinkers are included: Lukes, Nozick, Rawls, Parekh, Walzer, Elster, Frankfurt, Gutmann, Barry, Duff, Cohen, Parfit, Taylor, Scruton, von Hirsch, Wright, Sandel, Young, MacIntyre.
The readings represent a range of views and demonstrate the richness of the philosophical contribution to political thought. Each section has an