Political Philosophy
Polity Press (Verlag)
978-0-7456-2846-2 (ISBN)
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Politicians invoke grand ideas: social justice, liberty, equality,community. But what do these ideas really mean? How can politicians across the political spectrum appeal to the same values? Political Philosophy: A Beginners' Guide for Students and Politicians answers these important questions. Accessible and lively, the book is an ideal student text, but it also brings the insights of the world's leading political philosophers to a wide general audience. Using plenty of examples, it equips readers to think for themselves about the ideas that shape political life. Democracy works best when both politicians and voters move beyond rhetoric to think clearly and carefully about the political principles that should govern their society. But clear thinking is difficult in an age when established orthodoxies have fallen by the wayside. Bringing political philosophy out of the ivory tower and within the reach of all, this book provides us with tools to cut through the complexities of modern politics. In so doing, it makes a valuable contribution to the democratic process.
Adam Swift is a Fellow in Politics and Sociology at Balliol College, Oxford.
Preface Introduction Further reading Part I: Social JusticeConcept v. conceptions: the case of justiceHayek v. social justiceRawls: justice as fairnessNozick: justice as entitlementPublic opinion: justice as desertConclusion Further reading Part II: LibertyTwo concepts of liberty? Three distinctions between conceptions of liberty: (1) effective freedom v. formal freedom(2) freedom as autonomy v. freedom as doing what one wants(3) freedom as political participation v. freedom beginning where politics endsFreedom, private property, the market and redistributionResisting the totalitarian menaceConclusion Further reading Part III: EqualityEgalitarian plateauEquality of opportunityEquality and relativities: should we mind the gap? Positional goodsThree positions that look egalitarian but aren't really(1) Utilitarianism (or any aggregative principle)(2) Diminishing principles, priority to the worst-off, and maximin(3) Entitlement and sufficiencyEquality strikes backConclusion Further reading Part IV: CommunityCorrecting misunderstandings and misrepresentationsObjection 1: Liberals assume that people are selfish or egoisticObjection 2: Liberals advocate a minimal stateObjection 3: Liberals emphasize rights rather than duties or responsibilitiesObjection 4: Liberals believe that values are subjective or relativeObjection 5: Liberals neglect the way in which individuals are socially constitutedObjection 6: Liberals fail to see the significance of communal relations, shared values and a common identityObjection 7: Liberals wrongly think that the state can and should be neutralSummaryOutstanding IssuesLiberalism, neutrality and multiculturalismLiberalism and the nation stateConclusion Further reading Conclusion index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 21.9.2001 |
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| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 216 x 140 mm |
| Gewicht | 370 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7456-2846-X / 074562846X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7456-2846-2 / 9780745628462 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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