Social and political philosophy Books
Oxford University Press, USA Future People A Moderate Consequentialist Account of our Obligations to Future Generations
Book SynopsisTim Mulgan develops an original theory of our obligations to future generations, based on a new rule-consequentialist account of the morality of individual reproduction. He brings together several different contemporary philosophical issues, including the demands of morality and international justice.Trade ReviewReview from previous edition What we owe to our own children, to the children of others, to our descendants, to the descendants of others, to future distant generations in our community, and to the future distant generation of distant others is a question few moral theories fully address. This glaring oversight is finally remedied by Tim Mulgan's Future People , an in-depth analysis of our obligations to future people, and the implications this analysis has for the plausibility of moral theories. Mulgan's extremely clear style makes Future People accessible and enjoyable. This book...should be read by all who take moral interest in others (and even more so by those who don't).... Mulgan has written a timely and important book of incredibly impressive scope and interest. He argues in favor of highly reasonable reproductive rules and his intriguing book will no doubt be of great value to this neglected area of ethics. * Rivka Weinberg, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *The discussion is lively, incisive and provocative and will make an enduring contribution. Certainly anyone interested in consequentialism or moral status of future persons will learn a great deal from this fascinating and extremely worthwhile book. * M. A. Roberts, Mind *Table of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. The Contract Theory ; 3. Value Theory ; 4. Hybrid Moral Theories ; 5. Rule Consequentialism ; 6. Reproductive Freedom ; 7. Optimism and Pessimism ; 8. Disagreement and Uncertainty ; 9. International Justice ; 10. The Limits of Rule Consequentialism ; 11. Dividing Morality
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Oxford University Press, USA Responsibility and Distributive Justice
Book SynopsisUnder what conditions are people responsible for their choices and the outcomes of those choices? How could such conditions be fostered by liberal societies? Should what people are due as a matter of justice depend on what they are responsible for? For example, how far should healthcare provision depend on patients'' past choices? What values would be realized and which hampered by making justice sensitive to responsibility? Would it give people what they deserve? Would it advance or hinder equality? The explosion of philosophical interest in such questions has been fuelled by increased focus on individual responsibility in political debates. Political philosophers, especially egalitarians, have responded to such developments by attempting to map out the proper place for responsibility in theories of justice. Responsibility and Distributive Justice both reflects on these recent developments in normative political theory and moves the debate forwards. Written by established experts in tTrade ReviewThe essays in this collection illustrate the range of ways in which considerations of responsibility might be relevant to distributive justice, beyond narrow formulations of luck egalitarianism, and, as such, should be of interest to a wide range of readers ... the collection raises interesting questions over the correct characterization of luck egalitarianism, as well as over the relevance of economics and empirical findings to debates over responsibility-sensitive justice * Emily McTernan, Economics and Philosophy *The scope of the collection and the contributors' careful, rigorous discussions make this a very valuable contribution to the debate. * Kristin Voigt, Ethical Perspectives *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. Luck Egalitarianism - A Primer ; 2. 1. Justice, Equality, Fairness, Desert, Rights, Free Will, Responsibility, and Luck ; 3. Four Approaches to Equal Opportunity ; 4. Luck Egalitarianism and Group Responsibility ; 5. Responsibility and Respect: Reconciling Two Egalitarian Visions ; 6. Mad, Bad, or Faulty? Desert in Distributive and Retributive Justice ; 7. Responsibility, Desert, and Justice ; 8. Responsibility and False Beliefs ; 9. The Public Ecology of Responsibility ; 10. The Apparent Asymmetry of Responsibility ; 11. Taking Up the Slack? Responsibility and Justice in Situations of Partial Compliance ; 12. Luck Prioritarian Justice in Health ; 13. Individual and Social Responsibility for Health ; Bibliography
£94.05
Oxford University Press On Human Rights
Book SynopsisWhat is a human right? How can we tell whether a proposed human right really is one? How do we establish the content of particular human rights, and how do we resolve conflicts between them? James Griffin offers answers in his compelling new investigation of human rights.Trade ReviewArguably the most significant philosophical meditation on human rights... [since] the Universal Declaration of Human Rights... Not only the most powerful, fully elaborated contemporary philosophical contribution to the topic, but also one that has put in place many of the foundations on which any future work should build. * John Tasioulas, Ethics *This book is a masterpiece... it will be studied for a long time to come * Brad Hooker, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies *an impressive effort, which especially focuses on human rights as a moral concept ... [a] thought-provoking work * Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights *Table of ContentsPART I: AN ACCOUNT OF HUMAN RIGHTS; PART II: HIGHEST LEVEL HUMAN RIGHTS; PART III: APPLICATIONS
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Oxford University Press, USA Partiality and Impartiality Morality Special Relationships and the Wider World
Book SynopsisIssues of impartiality and partiality are a major focus of debate in moral theory. What demands do the needs and interests of others place upon us? Should our personal relationships and commitments have a special place in our moral deliberations? Or, in as much as we are moral, should we be impartial even between our own children and complete strangers? Ten specially written essays by experts in the field offer a variety of perspectives, which will interest readers in both theoretical and practical ethics. A central theme of the volume is whether impartiality and partiality are really opposed dimensions or if they can be harmoniously reconciled in one picture of the good ethical life.Trade Reviewseveral of the chapters in this volume make important, even substantive, contributions to the literature and are of considerable philosophical interest. * Rex Martin, Journal of Utilitas *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. When is Impartiality Morally Appropriate? ; 2. The Demands of Impartiality and the Evolution of Morality ; 3. Impartiality and Ethical Formation ; 4. The Bishop, The Chambermaid, The Wife, and The Ass: What difference does it make if something is mine? ; 5. Morality and Reasonable Partiality ; 6. Permissible Partiality, Projects, and Plural Agency ; 7. Responsibility within Relations ; 8. Which Relationships Justify Partiality? General Considerations and Problem Cases ; 9. Fairness and Non-Compliance ; 10. I Will If You Will: Leveraged Enhancements and Distributive Justice ; Bibliography ; Index
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Oxford University Press Human Rights and Common Good
Book SynopsisThis central volume in the Collected Essays brings together John Finnis''s wide-ranging contribution to fundamental issues in political philosophy.The volume begins by examining the general theory of political community and social justice. It includes the powerful and well-known Maccabaean Lecture on Bills of Rights -- a searching critique of Ronald Dworkin''s moral-political arguments and conclusions, of the European Court of Human Rights'' approach to fundamental rights, and of judicial review as a constitutional institution. It is followed by an equally searching analysis of Kant''s thought on the intersection of law, right, and ethics. Other papers in the book''s opening section include an early assessment of Rawls''s A Theory of Justice, foundational discussions of migration rights, national boundaries, and the rights of non-citizens, and a challenging paper on virtue and the constitution. The volume then focuses on central problems in modern political communities, including the pTable of ContentsHUMAN RIGHTS AND COMMON GOOD: GENERAL THEORY ; JUSTICE AND PUNISHMENT ; WAR AND JUSTICE ; AUTONOMY, EUTHANASIA, AND JUSTICE ; AUTONOMY, IVF, ABORTION, AND JUSTICE ; MARRIAGE, JUSTICE, AND THE COMMON GOOD
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Oxford University Press The Argument from Injustice
Book SynopsisAt the heart of this book is the age-old question of how law and morality are related. The legal positivist, insisting on the separation of the two, explicates the concept of law independently of morality. The author challenges this view, arguing that there are, first, conceptually necessary connections between law and morality and, second, normative reasons for including moral elements in the concept of law. While the conceptual argument alone is too limited to establish a sufficiently strong connection between law and morality, and the normative argument alone fails to address the nature of law, the two arguments together support a nonpositivistic concept of law, toppling legal positivism qua comprehensive theory of law.The author makes his case within a conceptual framework of five distinctions that can be variously combined to represent a multiplicity of presuppositions or perspectives underlying the enquiry into the relationship of law and morality. In this context, it can indeed Trade ReviewReview from previous edition ... a valuable addition to the English literature ... as a refreshingly balanced view on the virtues and limitations of the positivist project from beyond the trenches of the Anglo-American debate, it should be at or near the top of any reading list on key issues in contemporary jurisprudence. * Legal Studies *It is a delight to see Robert Alexy's Begriff und Geltung des Rechts in English translation. All the more so because the remarkable translation skills of Bonnie Litschewski Paulson and Stanley L. Paulson have contributed to a sharpening of many of the arguments in the book...it is by far the most mature statement of Alexy's ideas on the concept of law while serving very well as a retrospective introduction to the philosophical problems in response to which he developed the discourse theory of law in the first place...The Argument from Injustice is a major contribution to the non-positivist literature. It will become a standard reference for future research in normative jurisprudence. * George Pavlakos, The Modern Law Review 67 (2), 2004 *Table of ContentsI THE PROBLEM OF LEGAL POSITIVISM ; 1. The Basic Positions ; 2. The Practical Significance of the Debate ; II THE CONCEPT OF LAW ; 1. Central Elements ; 2. Positivistic Concepts of Law ; 3. Critique of Positivistic Concepts of Law ; III THE VALIDITY OF LAW ; 1. Concepts of Validity ; 2. Collisions of Validity ; 3. Basic Norm ; IV DEFINITION
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Oxford University Press Procreation and Parenthood
Book SynopsisProducing and rearing children are immensely important human activities. Procreation and Parenthood offers new and original essays by leading philosophers on some of the main ethical issues raised by these activities. An Introduction supplies an accessible overview of the current debates. Individual chapters then take up particular problems such as: the morality of bringing people into existence; what limits there might be on a person''s freedom to reproduce; whether human beings need to ensure that they only create the best possible children; whether there is a conflict between justice and parents'' devotion of time and money to their own children; and, whether parents acquire their role because of their intention to do so or because they are responsible for bringing children into being.Trade ReviewArchard and Benatar have assembled six excellent essays, three concerning the ethics of creating life and three concerning the ethics of providing parental care. Each essay is clearly written and well argued, clearly situates its contribution in the larger literature, and makes an original contribution that advances the conversation of which it is a part. This makes the book both a must-read for those already working in these areas and an excellent point-of-entry for those who are not. * Norvin Richards, Mind *Each chapter in this collection makes a welcome contribution to the growing literature in the field... the clarity of writing throughout, combined with the extensive background offered in the introduction, should make the volume accessible to anyone interested in the ethics of procreation and parenthood and the challenges presented by assisted reproductive technologies. * Katherine King, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *[an] admirably clear and sharply written book. * Adrian Thatcher, Journal for the Study of Marriage & Spirituality *Each essay is clearly written and well argued, clearly situates its contribution in the larger literature, and makes an original contribution that advances the conversation of which it is a part. This makes the book both a must-read for those already working in these areas and an excellent point-of-entry for those who are not. * Norvin Richards, Mind *Table of ContentsPreface ; 1. Introduction ; 2. In defence of genethical parity ; 3. An ordinary chance of a desirable existence ; 4. The limits of reproductive freedom ; 5. The obligations and responsibilities of parenthood ; 6. Parental responsibilities in an unjust world ; 7. Willing parents: A voluntarist account of parental role obligations
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Oxford University Press The Idea of Human Rights
Book SynopsisThe international doctrine of human rights is one of the most ambitious parts of the settlement of World War II. Since then, the language of human rights has become the common language of social criticism in global political life. This book is a theoretical examination of the central idea of that language, the idea of a human right. In contrast to more conventional philosophical studies, the author takes a practical approach, looking at the history and political practice of human rights for guidance in understanding the central idea. The author presents a model of human rights as matters of international concern, whose violation by governments can justify international protective and restorative action ranging from intervention to assistance. He proposes a schema for justifying human rights and applies it to several controversial cases-rights against poverty, rights to democracy, and the human rights of women. Throughout, the book attends to some main reasons why people are sceptical aTrade ReviewCharles Bietz rejects both traditional approaches [to human rights]. His critiques of both are sophisticated and elaborate, yet the core of his point, in both cases, is simply that neither of these approaches can fully take into consideration, or include, the existing categories and goals witnessed in the global human rights regime. The novelty of Charles Bietz's book is that it provides the reader with a third approach that he calls 'practical'. * Pietro Maffettone, The International Spectator *an accessible and well-written study... I recommend this book to everyone who is struggling to explain the origisn and soundness of human rights. * Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights *Table of ContentsPreface ; I. Introduction ; II. The Practice ; III. Naturalistic Theories ; IV. Agreement Theories ; V. A Fresh Start ; VI. Normativity ; VII. International Concern ; VIII. Conclusion ; Works cited ; Index
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Oxford University Press The Concept of Law
Book SynopsisFifty years on from its original publication, HLA Hart''s The Concept of Law is widely recognized as the most important work of legal philosophy published in the twentieth century, and remains the starting point for most students coming to the subject for the first time.In this third edition, Leslie Green provides a new introduction that sets the book in the context of subsequent developments in social and political philosophy, clarifying misunderstandings of Hart''s project and highlighting central tensions and problems in the work.Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. Persistent Questions ; 2. Laws, Commands, and Orders ; 3. The Variety of Laws ; 4. Sovereign and Subject ; 5. Law as the Union of Primary and Secondary Rules ; 6. The Foundations of a Legal System ; 7. Formalism and Rule-Scepticism ; 8. Justice and Morality ; 9. Laws and Morals ; 10. International Law ; Postscript
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Oxford University Press NATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND GLOBAL JUSTICE
Book SynopsisThis book presents a non-cosmopolitan theory of global justice. In contrast to theories that seek to extend principles of social justice, such as equality of opportunity or resources, to the world as a whole, it argues that in a world made up of self-determining national communities, a different conception is needed. The book presents and defends an account of national responsibility which entails that nations may justifiably claim the benefits that their decisions and policies produce, while also being held liable for harms that they inflict on other peoples. Such collective responsibility extends to responsibility for the national past, so the present generation may owe redress to those who have been harmed by the actions of their predecessors. Global justice, therefore, must be understood not in terms of equality, but in terms of a minimum set of basic rights that belong to human beings everywhere. Where these rights are being violated or threatened, remedial responsibility may fallTrade ReviewReview from previous edition This book may become the one against which cosmopolitans define their position, but it offers a great deal more than that; in particular a theory of global justice which gives nationhood a central place, and a nuanced and insightful analysis of the idea of responsibility. * Political Studies Review *Table of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. Cosmopolitanism ; 3. Global Egalitarianism ; 4. Two Concepts of Responsibility ; 5. National Responsibility ; 6. Inheriting Responsibilities ; 7. Human Rights: Setting the Global Minimum ; 8. Immigration and Territorial Rights ; 9. Responsibilities to the World's Poor ; 10. Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Index
£37.99
Oxford University Press Intergenerational Justice
Book SynopsisIs it fair to leave the next generation a public debt? Is it defensible to impose legal rules on them through constitutional constraints? From combating climate change to ensuring proper funding for future pensions, concerns about ethics between generations are everywhere. In this volume sixteen philosophers explore intergenerational justice. Part One examines the ways in which various theories of justice look at the matter. These include libertarian, Rawlsian, sufficientarian, contractarian, communitarian, Marxian and reciprocity-based approaches. In Part Two, the authors look more specifically at issues relevant to each of these theories, such as motivation to act fairly towards future generations, the population dimension, the formation of preferences through education and how they impact on our intergenerational obligations, and whether it is fair to rely on constitutional devices.Trade ReviewReview from previous edition a comprehensive work that will be useful to all scholars with an interest in modern population ethics ... the book constitutes a very significant contribution to an overall topic which - due to the fact that it is both theoretically challenging and practically highly pertinent - seems destined to constitute a continuously expanding sub-field of ethics. * Economics and Philosophy *a stimulating book ... the essays collected offer a high-quality analysis of the various problems underpinning intergenerational justice. * Antoine Verret-Hamelin, Recension DOuvraçe *Table of ContentsPART I : THEORIES; PART II : SPECIFIC ISSUES
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Oxford University Press, USA Public Administration
Book SynopsisThe book examines the history and development of public administration, the study of the internal structure and functioning of government and its interaction with society and its citizens. It surveys different approaches to the field and the methodological and epistemological issues surrounding an interdisciplinary, applied social science.Trade ReviewThere is a strong tradition in public administration that reflects on the identity of the field, questions the rigor of the research, and suggests paths moving forward on both fronts. [This book] distinctively contributes to that reflective tradition, developing a thoughtful survey of past debates while adding new and thoughtfully developed insights. The author successfully invites a wide range of participation in the book through an inviting style of writing. [The book] delivers on the promise in the title of mapping the way for interdisciplinary study to expand the understanding of public administration. Raadschelders offers insights for researchers, teachers, and practitioners, as well as mapping a path to generate new discussions, to connect the research across disciplines and traditions, and a deep appreciation of the complexity and challenges in the study and practice of public administration. * American Review of Public Administration *What is Public Administration?' sparked intense arguments within the field since the famed Waldo-Simon Debates sixty years ago. Professor Raadschelders' landmark treatise does a great service by addressing this fundamental intellectual conundrum in depth. He read everything related to its vast literature, synthesized its significance, and points the way forward with an astonishingly creative 'answer.' His magisterial tome is a 'must read' for serious administrative scholars everywhere. * Richard Stillman, Professor of Public Administration, University of Colorado, and Editor in Chief, Public Administration Review *Raadschelders' book is necessary reading for guidance, control, and evaluation of our interdisciplinary field of public administration. This is ambitious since he looks at the past and our intellectual future. It is a courageous book since it does not only emphasize problems such as identity crises, disciplinary tensions, and knowledge fragmentation, but it also discusses 'solutions.' It is a generous book since it supports pluralism. Above all, it is an inspiring and useful book to (re)define our academic strategies and our position vis-à-vis practitioners. * Geert Bouckaert, Public Management Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium *Professor Raadschelders' earlier works have provided readers with historical and comparative knowledge of the study and practice of public administration and government. This new work explores the epistemological and ontological foundations of public administration and advances an 'interdisciplinary study of government' as a way for public administration to overcome its disciplinary 'identity crisis.' I enthusiastically recommend this book especially for its historical, global, and philosophical qualities. * Yong-duck Jung, Professor of Public Administration, Seoul National University *In this excellent and provacative book, Jos C. N. Raadschelders strives to explain what the academic study of public administration is. Raadschelders's analysis is sophisticated and complex. He avoids such simplifications as viewing the study as merely divided along lines established long ago by Herbert Simon and Dwight Waldo. He draws on American and European public administration and, in the process, demonstrates encyclopedic knowledge of the literature and study of the field. [The book] provides a major service to public administration scholars, researchers, and educators. It should be eagerly read by everyone who wants to know more about what pubic administration is and how its study may be advanced. * Public Administration Review *Table of Contents1. Framing the Nature of the Study of Public Administration: Origins, Identity Crises, Maturity, and Conceptual Mapping ; 2. Science or Wissenschaft: Public Administration among the Three Branches of Knowledge ; 3. Public Administration and the Fragmentation of its Knowledge Sources: Academic Specialties and Disciplines, Organizational Units, and Societal Organizations ; 4. Substantive Topics and Comprehensive Conceptual Maps of Public Administration ; 5. Bogey Man, Doctor's Bag, Artist's Medium: The Dynamic Arena of PA-theory ; 6. Four Intellectual Traditions in the Study of Public Administration ; 7. Public Administration's Canon(s) of Integration ; 8. The Nature of and Intellectual challenges to the Study of Public Administration
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Oxford University Press Group Agency
Book SynopsisAre companies, churches, and states genuine agents? Or are they just collections of individual agents that give a misleading impression of unity? This question is important, since the answer dictates how we should go about explaining the behaviour of these entities and whether we should treat them as responsible and accountable in the manner of individuals. Group Agency offers a new approach to that question and is relevant, therefore, in a range of fields from philosophy to law, politics, and the social sciences. Christian List and Philip Pettit take the line that there really are group or corporate agents, over and above the individual agents who compose them, and that a proper social science and a proper approach to law, morality, and politics have to take account of this fact. Unlike some earlier defences of group agency, their account is entirely unmysterious in character and, despite not being technically difficult, is grounded in cutting-edge work in social choice theory, economTrade ReviewWithout a doubt, List and Pettit accomplish their threefold task of establishing the logical possibility of group agents, explaining the relation of design to the performance of group agents, and arguing in favour of holding these agents morally responsible ... there is a great deal to learn from this book and it ought to be required reading for anyone interested in group agency and responsibility. * Zachary J. Goldberg, The Philosophical Quarterly *Group Agency is convincing and illuminating. * David-Hillel Ruben, Times Literary Supplement *fascinating and enjoyable ... there is much to ponder, and much to learn from, in this lively work. * Thomas H. Smith, Mind *the judgement aggregation problem is a significant and neglected aspect of group agency, and List and Pettits discussion of this problem is important and enlightening. * Robert Sugden, Economics and Philosophy *Table of ContentsI: THE LOGICAL POSSIBILITY OF GROUP AGENTS ; II: THE ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN OF GROUP AGENTS ; III: THE NORMATIVE STATUS OF GROUP AGENTS
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Oxford University Press Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Law Volume 2
Book SynopsisOxford Studies in the Philosophy of Law is an annual forum for some of the best new philosophical work on law, by both senior and junior scholars from around the world. The essays range widely over issues in general jurisprudence (the nature of law, adjudication, and legal reasoning), the philosophical foundations of specific areas of law (from criminal law to evidence to international law), the history of legal philosophy, and related philosophical topics that illuminate the problems of legal theory. OSPL will be essential reading for philosophers, academic lawyers, political scientists, and historians of law who wish to keep up with the latest developments in this flourishing field.Table of Contents1. Political Authority and Political Obligation ; 2. How to Hold the Social Fact Thesis: A Reply to Greenberg and Toh ; 3. John Austin on Punishment ; 4. Publicity and the Rule of Law ; 5. Hart and Kelsen on International Law ; 6. Relational Reasons and the Criminal Law ; 7. Fairness and the Justifying Aim of Punishment ; 8. The Embedding Social Context of Promises and Contracts ; 9. Legal Sex
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Oxford University Press The Changing Character of War
Book SynopsisOver the last decade (and indeed ever since the Cold War), the rise of insurgents and non-state actors in war, and their readiness to use terror and other irregular methods of fighting, have led commentators to speak of ''new wars''. They have assumed that the ''old wars'' were waged solely between states, and were accordingly fought between comparable and ''symmetrical'' armed forces. Much of this commentary has lacked context or sophistication. It has been bounded by norms and theories more than the messiness of reality. Fed by the impact of the 9/11 attacks, it has privileged some wars and certain trends over others. Most obviously it has been historically unaware. But it has also failed to consider many of the other dimensions which help us to define what war is - legal, ethical, religious, and social. The Changing Character of War, the fruit of a five-year interdisciplinary programme at Oxford of the same name, draws together all these themes, in order to distinguish between what Table of ContentsPART I: THE NEED FOR A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT HAS CHANGED?; PART II: THE PURPOSE OF WAR: WHY GO TO WAR?; PART III: THE CHANGING IDENTITIES OF COMBATANTS: WHO FIGHTS?; PART IV: THE CHANGING IDENTITIES OF NON-COMBATANTS; PART V: THE IDEAS WHICH ENABLE US TO UNDERSTAND WAR
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Oxford University Press Oxford Studies in Agency and Responsibility Volume 1
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Oxford University Press Debating the Ethics of Immigration Is There a Right to Exclude Debating Ethics
Book SynopsisDo states have the right to prevent potential immigrants from crossing their borders, or should people have the freedom to migrate and settle wherever they wish? Christopher Heath Wellman and Phillip Cole develop and defend opposing answers to this timely and important question. Appealing to the right to freedom of association, Wellman contends that legitimate states have broad discretion to exclude potential immigrants, even those who desperately seek to enter. Against this, Cole argues that the commitment to the moral equality of all human beings - which legitimate states can be expected to hold - means national borders must be open: equal respect requires equal access, both to territory and membership; and that the idea of open borders is less radical than it seems when we consider how many territorial and community boundaries have this open nature. In addition to engaging with each other''s arguments, Wellman and Cole address a range of central questions and prominent positions on this topic. The authors therefore provide a critical overview of the major contributions to the ethics of migration, as well as developing original, provocative positions of their own.Trade ReviewDrawing upon a growing body of literature in this field and using analogy to support their own and contest each others arguments, the book is accessible and provocative, providing both a useful introduction to the issues for undergraduates, but also of interest to those with a more profound expertise in this topical area. * Caryl Thompson, Political Studies Review, 28/10/2013. *Outstanding Academic Titles 2012, as selected by CHOICE Magazine (December 2012). * CHOICE *Succeed[s] in exploring the moral dilemmas surrounding immigration in an accessible way. The book consists of two essays: Wellman makes the case for the right to exclude, Cole for a human right to cross national borders. Their study shows vividly how a profound difference of opinion can be clarified by reasoned dialogue, which makes it a lesson in philosophy as democracy. * Paul Scheffer, Times Higher Education *Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION ; FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION AND THE RIGHT TO EXCLUDE ; In Defense of the Right to Exclude ; The Egalitarian Case for Open Borders ; The Libertarian Case for Open Borders ; The Democratic Case for Open Borders ; The Utilitarian Case for Open Borders ; Refugees ; Toward an International Institution with Authority of Immigration ; Guest Workers ; Selection Criteria ; Conclusion ; OPEN BORDERS: AN ETHICAL DEFENCE ; The Shape of the Debate ; The Case Against the Right to Exclude ; Wellman on Freedom of Association ; Consequentialist Concerns ; Towards a Right to Mobility ; Conclusion ; Index
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Oxford University Press Philosophy of Science After Feminism
Book SynopsisIn this monograph Janet A. Kourany argues for a philosophy of science more socially engaged and socially responsible than the philosophy of science we have now, a philosophy of science that can help to promote a science more socially engaged and socially responsible than the science we have now. The central questions feminist scientists, philosophers, and historians have been raising about science during the last three decades form Kourany''s point of departure and her response to these questions builds on their insights. This way of approaching science differs from mainstream philosophy of science in two crucial respects: it locates science within its wider societal context rather than treating science as if it existed in a social, political, and economic vacuum; and it points the way to a more comprehensive understanding of scientific rationality, one that integrates the ethical with the epistemic. Kourany develops her particular response, dubbed by her the ideal of socially responsiTrade ReviewKouranys ease with the history and (particularly 20th-century) philosophy of science allow her to fill the pages of her book with an impressive breadth and diversity of examples ... Kouranys generally optimistic approach creates an interesting and fruitful tension ... This is an excellent introduction to philosophy of science as a challenged and challenging terrain, and a rallying call for the return, or proliferation, of the public intellectual. * Anna Mudde, Philosophy in Review *Table of ContentsREFERENCES; INDEX
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Oxford University Press, USA Reasons and Recognition
Book SynopsisFor close to forty years now T.M. Scanlon has been one of the most important contributors to moral and political philosophy in the Anglo-American world. Through both his writing and his teaching, he has played a central role in shaping the questions with which research in moral and political philosophy now grapples. Reasons and Recognition brings together fourteen new papers on an array of topics from the many areas to which Scanlon has made path-breaking contributions, each of which develops a distinctive and independent position while critically engaging with central themes from Scanlon''s own work in the area. Contributors include well-known senior figures in moral and political philosophy as well as important younger scholars whose work is just beginning to gain wider recognition. Taken together, these papers make evident the scope and lasting interest of Scanlon''s contributions to moral and political philosophy while contributing to a deeper understanding of the issues addressed Table of ContentsPREFACE; CONTRIBUTORS; I. REASON, VALUE, AND DESIRE; II. ETHICAL THEMES: CONTRACTUALISM, PROMISSORY OBLIGATION, AND TOLERANCE; III. POLITICAL THEMES: CONSERVATISM, JUSTICE, AND PUBLIC REASON; IV. RESPONSIBILITY
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Oxford University Press Beyond GDP
Book SynopsisIn spite of recurrent criticism and an impressive production of alternative indicators by scholars and NGOs, GDP remains the central indicator of countries'' success. This book revisits the foundations of indicators of social welfare, and critically examines the four main alternatives to GDP that have been proposed: composite indicators, subjective well-being indexes, capabilities (the underlying philosophy of the Human Development Index), and equivalent incomes. Its provocative thesis is that the problem with GDP is not that it uses a monetary metric but that it focuses on a narrow set of aspects of individual lives. It is actually possible to build an alternative, more comprehensive, monetary indicator that takes income as its first benchmark and adds or subtracts corrections that represent the benefit or cost of non-market aspects of individual lives. Such a measure can respect the values and preferences of the people and give as much weight as they do to the non-market dimensions. Trade ReviewFleurbaey and Blanchet have written a brilliant and deeply-learned survey of the ways to measure a society's condition. Among its many contributions, Beyond GDP offers a powerful defense of equivalent incomes as the core of a new approach- an approach that respects the diversity of individual preferences and the multiplicity of sources of human well-being. * Matthew Adler, Richard A. Horvitz Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy and Public Policy, Duke University *Table of ContentsContents ; vii ; Preface ix ; Introduction: The four musketeers xi ; 1 A wealth of indicators 1 ; 1.1 Introduction ; 1.2 A bird's eye view ; 1.3 Aggregating the non-aggregatable? ; 1.4 Correcting GDP ; 1.5 Sustainability assessment: weak or strong? ; 1.6 Coping with multidimensionality: dashboards ; 1.7 An overhanging question: how far can aggregation go? ; 2 Measuring sustainability ; 2.1 Introduction ; 2.2 Wealth and sustainable well-being ; 2.2.1 Discounting future streams of well-being? ; 2.2.2 From intertemporal well-being to sustainable consumption ; 2.3 The savings approach: a reference framework ; 2.3.1 Shifting the focus to sustainability : why? ; 2.3.2 Assessing sustainability in imperfect but predictable economies. ; 2.3.3 An example ; 2.4 The savings approach: several pending problems ; 2.4.1 Monetization in practice ; 2.4.2 Behavioral indeterminacy or when 'weak' indicators can ; turn out too strong ; 2.4.3 Technological and normative uncertainties ; 2.4.4 An additional problem: the cross-national dimension of ; unsustainability ; 2.5 Conclusion: where to go from there? ; iii ; iv CONTENTS ; 3 A price for everything? ; 3.1 A revealed preference argument ; 3.1.1 The argument for an individual consumer ; 3.1.2 Extending the argument to social welfare through a representative agent ; 3.1.3 Extending the argument to social welfare with an opti- ; mality assumption ; 3.2 A variant of the revealed preference argument ; 3.3 The theory of index numbers ; 3.3.1 An axiomatic approach ; 3.3.2 Approximating welfare changes ; 3.4 Decomposing welfare ; 3.4.1 A first decomposition, with the social expenditure function ; 3.4.2 A second decomposition, in terms of effeciency and equity ; 3.4.3 A new decomposition, based on Bergson curves ; 3.4.4 Another decomposition, for small variations ; 3.5 Specific problems with imputed prices and full income ; 3.6 Conclusion ; 4 Equivalent income, or how to value what has no price ; 4.1 Money-metric utility and equivalent income ; 4.2 Knock-out criticism? ; 4.2.1 Not welfarist enough ; 4.2.2 Too welfarist ; 4.2.3 Potentially regressive ; 4.2.4 Reference dependent ; 4.2.5 Arrow's coup de grace ; 4.3 Fairness to the rescue ; 4.3.1 The equivalence approach in fair allocation theory ; 4.3.2 Arrow Independence is not compelling ; 4.3.3 References need not be arbitrary ; 4.3.4 The right dose of welfarism ; 4.3.5 Bundle dominance is unacceptable ; 4.3.6 Egalitarianism is demanding ; 4.4 Social welfare decomposition ; 4.5 Conclusion ; 5 Is happiness all that matters? ; 5.1 The Easterlin paradox: Have we been wrong for 70,000 years? ; 5.1.1 Bentham is back ; 5.1.2 The debate about subjective welfarism ; 5.1.3 Is happiness the ultimate goal? ; 5.1.4 The key objection to subjective scores ; 5.2 A theory of subjective well-being ; 5.2.1 A[currency]ects and judgments ; 5.2.2 The three problems of the respondent ; CONTENTS v ; 5.2.3 Heterogeneous and shifting standards ; 5.2.4 What do people care about? ; 5.2.5 Comparisons across preferences ; 5.3 Making use of happiness data ; 5.3.1 Proposed indicators ; 5.3.2 Putting a[currency]ects in their place ; 5.3.3 Identi?cation problems ; 5.3.4 Can happiness data be improved? ; 5.4 Conclusion ; 6 Empowering capabilities ; 6.1 The capability approach ; 6.1.1 From basic needs to capabilities ; 6.1.2 Functionings, between 'opulence' and 'utility' ; 6.1.3 From functionings to capabilities ; 6.2 Capabilities as opportunities ; 6.2.1 Valuing sets ; 6.2.2 The relevant aspects of opportunities ; 6.2.3 Shaping opportunity sets ; 6.2.4 Equality against set valuation ; 6.2.5 Why capabilities? ; 6.3 The valuation issue ; 6.3.1 The intersection approach ; 6.3.2 Disagreement and respect for diversity ; 6.3.3 Implications of respect for personal preferences ; 6.4 Is the CA a separate approach? ; Conclusion: How to converge on a multiplicity ; Why synthetic indicators? ; Shortcuts and pitfalls ; Vices and virtues of monetary indicators ; A multiplicity of synthetic indicators ; Sustainability warnings ; A A theory of the reference for equivalent incomes ; A.1 The model ; A.2 Reference operators ; A.3 Non-market goods ; A.4 Market prices ; A.5 The household problem ; B Proofs 233 ; B.1 A Paretian rank-dependent criterion ; B.2 Reference-price independence ; B.3 A simple proof of Arrow's theorem in an economic framework ; vi CONTENTS ; Bibliography
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Oxford University Press Pragmatist Democracy
Book SynopsisBarack Obama is often lauded as a ''pragmatist,'' yet when most people employ the term, they mean it in the vaguest sense: that he''s practical and willing to compromise to get things done. However, the public philosophy of pragmatism, which has been the subject of a rich revival in the past couple of decades, is far more than this. First developed in the late nineteenth century, pragmatism is primarily a way of thinking--an anti-dualist philosophy that attempts to overcome the dichotomies between self and object, nature and culture, mind and body, theory and practice, and fact and value. When applied to governance, pragmatists advocate the use of tactics like third party mediation and problem-solving to achieve anti-dualist principles: cosmopolitan localism, analytical holism, progressive conservatism, and processual structuralism. In Pragmatist Governance, Chris Ansell begins with a theory of the concept and then explains why the approach is ideal for addressing today''s governance problems. For instance, while many think that bureaucracy''s unchecked growth is the fundamental problem facing democracy today, pragmatism suggests the opposite: that public agencies can effectively manage the relationship between governance and democracy if they focus on building consent for public problem-solving. Ansell argues that wishing away bureaucracy will not do given what we know about the indispensible role of institutions in contemporary governance. Utilizing pragmatist concepts, Ansell rethinks the design of institutions, arguing that they are neither the simple products of rational design that can be endlessly tinkered with nor ''congealed taste''--where institutions represent the timeless customs and values of a people. Along with overcoming this dualism, Ansell also challenges us to rethink our approach to governance. Instead of moving from one extreme to the other--from bureaucracy to ''post-bureaucracy'' or ''public entrepreneurialism''--pragmatism would not merely seek to replace one (hierarchical bureaucracy) with the other (a ''flat,'' entrepreneurial organization), but rather to hitch the two approaches together in an innovative amalgam where organizational leaders constantly interact with and learn from street-level bureaucrats. Pragmatist Governance concludes that if government is to regain public trust, the technical knowledge of experts must be brought together with sensitivity to local problems, situations, and knowledge. The answer lies not, however, in a diminished bureaucracy. That may only deepen distrust. Rather, the emphasis should be on taking the best of both sides to find innovative and effective ways to solve enduring public problems.Trade ReviewThroughout Pragmatist Democracy, Ansell skilfully integrates the writings of theorists from a variety of disciplines. The broad scope and eclectic range of sources and topics make the book accessible to scholers from a variety of disciplines - one could imagine this book as a central text in advanced courses in public administration, political science, public policy, sociology or organization studies. * Keith F. Snider, Public Administration *Ansell has done an impressive job, and this work should be indispensable for anyone interested in the concrete political implications of pragmatism. * Loren Goldman, University of California, Berkeley *Table of Contents1. Democratic Governance in a Pragmatist Key ; 2. Institutions ; 3. Large-Scale Institutional Change ; 4. Organizations ; 5. Problem-Solving ; 6. Recursiveness ; 7. Power and Responsibility ; 8. Consent ; 9. Collaborative Governance ; 10. Problem-Solving Democracy
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Oxford University Press Minimizing Marriage
Book SynopsisEven in secular and civil contexts, marriage retains sacramental connotations. Yet what moral significance does it have? This book examines its morally salient features - promise, commitment, care, and contract - with surprising results. In Part One, De-Moralizing Marriage, essays on promise and commitment argue that we cannot promise to love and so wedding vows are (mostly) failed promises, and that marriage may be a poor commitment strategy. The book contends with the most influential philosophical accounts of the moral value of marriage to argue that marriage has no inherent moral significance. Further, the special value accorded marriage sustains amatonormative discrimination - discrimination against non-amorous or non-exclusive caring relationships such as friendships, adult care networks, polyamorous groups, or urban tribes. The discussion raises issues of independent interest for the moral philosopher such as the possibilities and bounds of interpersonal moral obligations and thTrade ReviewThis is an important book, a meticulous, thorough, and innovative work of moral and political philosophy applied to a pressing contemporary dilemma. ... It is one of the most rigorous, comprehensive, and compelling political liberal treatments of the marriage question out there if not the best. * Tamara Metz, Social Theory and Practice *provides fresh insight into a controversial topic and makes bold but thoughtful proposals that deserve consideration. * Natasha McKeever, Res Publica *Brake's clearly argued thesis is a powerful alternative to more standard feminist views that would eliminate marriage as an institution. The author makes a very important contribution to all aspects of the current marriage debates. Highly recommended * CHOICE *This a terrific book for anyone interested in "what happens next" in the field of marriage law. It is provocative, clear in its argument, well-grounded philosophically, and engages a wide range of recent books and articles on marriage. It aims at being controversial, and it succeeds. ... Brake sharpens understanding of the issues and possible paths forward in the ongoing debates about marriage and family law. * Mary L Shanley, TPM *This is an engaging, stimulating and provoking work of political and ethical philosophy that approaches its central issue from a number of angles. * Ruth Abbey, Philosophy in Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Marriage and Philosophy ; Part One. De-Moralizing Marriage ; 1. The Marriage Promise: Is Divorce Promise-Breaking? ; 2. How to Commit Marriage: A Conceptual Guide ; 3. Marriage, Sex, and Morals ; 4. Special Treatment for Lovers: Marriage, Care, and Amatonormativity ; Part Two: Democratizing Marriage ; 5. Critiques of Marriage: An Essentially Unjust Institution? ; 6. Defining Marriage: Political Liberalism and the Same-Sex Marriage Debates ; 7. Minimizing Marriage: What Political Liberalism Implies for Marriage Law ; 8. Challenges for Minimal Marriage: Poverty, Property, Polygyny
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Oxford University Press Adaptive Preferences and Womens Empowerment
Book SynopsisWomen and other oppressed and deprived people sometimes collude with the forces that perpetuate injustice against them. Women''s acceptance of their lesser claim on household resources like food, their positive attitudes toward clitoridectemy and infibulations, their acquiescence to violence at the hands of their husbands, and their sometimes fatalistic attitudes toward their own poverty or suffering are all examples of adaptive preferences, wherein women participate in their own deprivation. Adaptive Preferences and Women''s Empowerment offers a definition of adaptive preference and a moral framework for responding to adaptive preferences in development practice. Khader defines adaptive preferences as deficits in the capacity to lead a flourishing human life that are causally related to deprivation and argues that public institutions should conduct deliberative interventions to transform the adaptive preferences of deprived people. She insists that people with adaptive preferences canTrade ReviewSerene J. Khader offers a thorough, insightful, and well-constructed account of APs that offers a fresh perspective on this debate. ... Khaders book is very insightful, with clear definitions, and convincing argumentation. She advances greatly the philosophical conversation by offering a more nuanced version of APs and re-situating them in terms of flourishing rather than autonomy. Furthermore, her practical recommendations are especially promising for development practitioners. * Social Theory and Practice *Filling an important gap in the literature, Serene J. Khader's first book deftly tackles a topic of growing importance as questions of individual human rights, agency and empowerment increasingly run up against questions of multiculturalism in development policy and pluralism in ethics ... this work makes an exhaustive analysis of a difficult and important problem, offering both practical and philosophical guidance for thinking about adaptive preferences. It is an important contribution to studies in which questions of multiculturalism and moral relativism complicate the search for answers. Khader's book also contributes to this discussion by reclaiming the dignity, empowerment, and sense of self-worth of individual women who exhibit inappropriately adaptive preferences, an important move in a discourse that ultimately seeks improvement of the human condition. * Stacy J. Kosko, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities *Table of ContentsCONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; ADAPTIVE PREFERENCES AND GLOBAL JUSTICE
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Oxford University Press Reflecting on Nature
Book SynopsisSpanning centuries of philosophical and environmental thought, Reflecting on Nature: Readings in Environmental Ethics and Philosophy, Second Edition, will inform and enlighten your students while also encouraging debate.Extensively revised and updated for the second edition, this comprehensive collection presents fifty classic and contemporary readings, thirty-three of them new. The second edition retains the core readings and insights of the first edition while also updating its coverage in light of the many changes that have occurred over the last twenty years in the intellectual climate and in patterns of environmental concern. The selections are topically organized into sections on animals, biodiversity, ethics, images of nature, wilderness, and--new to this edition--aesthetics, climate change, food, and justice. This thematic organization, in combination with coverage of current environmental issues, encourages students to apply what they learn in class to real-life problems.Featuring insightful section introductions, discussion questions, and suggestions for further reading, Reflecting on Nature, Second Edition, is ideal for use in environmental philosophy, environmental ethics, and environmental studies courses.Table of Contents*=NEW TO THIS EDITION; SECTION I. IMAGES OF NATURE; SECTION II. ETHICS AND THE ENVIRONMENT; SECTION III. JUSTICE AND THE ENVIRONMENT; SECTION IV. ANIMALS AND THE ENVIRONMENT; SECTION V. CONTEMPORARY ISSUES AND CONTROVERSIES; FOOD; WILDERNESS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; AESTHETICS
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Oxford University Press, USA Democratic Authority and the Separation of Church and State
Book SynopsisDemocratic states must protect the liberty of citizens and must accommodate both religious liberty and cultural diversity. This democratic imperative is one reason for the increasing secularity of most modern democracies. Religious citizens, however, commonly see a secular state as unfriendly toward religion. This book articulates principles that enable secular governments to protect liberty in a way that judiciously separates church and state and fully respects religious citizens. After presenting a brief account of the relation between religion and ethics, the book shows how ethics can be independent of religion-evidentially autonomous in a way that makes moral knowledge possible for secular citizens-without denying religious sources a moral authority of their own. With this account in view, it portrays a church-state separation that requires governments not only to avoid religious establishment but also to maintain religious neutrality. The book shows how religious neutrality is related to such issues as teaching evolutionary biology in public schools, the legitimacy of vouchers to fund private schooling, and governmental support of faith-based initiatives. The final chapter shows how the proposed theory of religion and politics incorporates toleration and forgiveness as elements in flourishing democracies. Tolerance and forgiveness are described; their role in democratic citizenship is clarified; and in this light a conception of civic virtue is proposed. Overall, the book advances the theory of liberal democracy, clarifies the relation between religion and ethics, provides distinctive principles governing religion in politics, and provides a theory of toleration for pluralistic societies. It frames institutional principles to guide governmental policy toward religion; it articulates citizenship standards for political conduct by individuals; it examines the case for affirming these two kinds of standards on the basis of what, historically, has been called natural reason; and it defends an account of toleration that enhances the practical application of the ethical framework both in individual nations and in the international realm.Trade ReviewThe book summarizes, in 155 small pages of text, arguments Audi has been developing for more than 20 years. It is engagingly written and easy to read, with the analytic clarity that is Audi's great strength This is an important book, because it is the latest statement of a widely held position by one of the leading writers in the field. * Andrew Koppelman, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *Table of ContentsContents ; Preface and Acknowledgments ; Introduction ; Chapter 1 ; The Autonomy of Ethics and the Moral Authority of Religion ; The Autonomy of Ethics ; Moral Knowledge: General and Particular ; Religion, Theology, and Ethics ; Theoethical Equilibrium: The Integration of Religion and Ethics ; Divine Command Ethics and Secular Morality ; Chapter 2 ; The Liberty of Citizens and the Responsibilities of Government ; The Separation of Church and State and the Limits of Democratic Authority ; The Liberty Principle and the Scope of Religious Freedom ; The Equality Principle and the Case Against Establishment ; The Neutrality Principle: Accommodationist Secularity ; Religious Neutrality, Valuational Neutrality, and Public Policy ; Chapter 3 ; The Secular State and the Religious Citizen ; Freedom of Expression in the Advocacy of Laws and Public Policies ; Major Principles Governing the Advocacy of Laws and Public Policies ; The Charge of Exclusivism Toward Religious Reasons ; Natural Reason, Secularity, and Religious Convictions ; Religious Reasons, Political Decision, and Toleration ; Privatization Versus Activism: The Place of Religious Considerations in ; Public Political Discourse ; Chapter 4 ; Democratic Tolerance and Religious Obligation in a Globalized World ; The Nature of Tolerance ; Is Tolerance a Virtue? ; Toleration and Forgiveness ; The Normative Standards for Democratic Toleration ; Religion in the Workplace as a Test Case for a Theory of Toleration ; Cosmopolitanism as a Framework for Tolerance ; Civic Virtue and Democratic Participation ; International Implications of the Framework ; Conclusion ; Endnotes ; Index
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Oxford University Press Bottlenecks
Book SynopsisEqual opportunity is a powerful idea, and one with extremely broad appeal in contemporary politics, political theory, and law. But what does it mean? On close examination, the most attractive existing conceptions of equal opportunity turn out to be impossible to achieve in practice, or even in theory. As long as families are free to raise their children differently, no two people''s opportunities will be equal; nor is it possible to disentangle someone''s abilities or talents from her background advantages and disadvantages. Moreover, given different abilities and disabilities, different people need different opportunities, confounding most ways of imagining what counts as equal.This book proposes an entirely new way of thinking about the project of equal opportunity. Instead of focusing on the chimera of literal equalization, we ought to work to broaden the range of opportunities open to people at every stage in life. We can achieve this in part by loosening the bottlenecks that constTrade ReviewThis breakthrough book rethinks equality from the ground up, turning the spotlight on unexplored bottlenecks in the pursuit of a more just society. A fundamental contribution. * Bruce Ackerman, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale University *Fishkin's book is a must read for anybody interested in egalitarianism in general and equality of opportunity in particular. Fishkin's is an energising voice in the literature on equal opportunity * Avner De Shalit, Journal of Ecclesiastical History *Joseph Fishkin develops the 'bottleneck' metaphor into a powerful lens for understanding the structure of opportunity in our society, and thereby recasts the 'equal opportunity' project in a way that is both novel and resonant with deeply rooted intuitions about fairness. * Cynthia Estlund, Catherine A. Rein Professor of Law, New York University School of Law *Bottlenecks breaks a major step forward in conceptualizing how to promote meaningful opportunities for human flourishing in a world of pluralism as well as inequality. It is a breath of fresh air amidst stale debates over abstract conceptions of equaliy-but more importantly, it charts a path of conceptual and policy development that has enormous promise. * Rogers M. Smith, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania *Joseph Fishkin offers a new and important framework for defining equal opportunity - one that gets beyond questions of 'merit.' If what looks like 'merit' is more often than not a result of advantages that can be bought, how can opportunities ever be 'equal'? Fishkin provides an original answer, suggesting new ways to open up opportunities by loosening the bottlenecks that are holding people back. * Lani Guinier, Bennett Boskey Professor of Law, Harvard Law School *Bottlenecks reinvigorates the concept of equal opportunity by simultaneously engaging with its complications and attempting to simplify its ambitions. Fishkin's observations about human development also advance the social model of disability, in which disability is seen not as fundamentally physiological but rather as socially constructed. * Michigan Law Review *Fishkin has interesting things to say about such concerns in a wide-ranging work. Even if unconvincing for some, it provides rich food for thought on how we can think more clearly about equal opportunities. * Thom Brooks, Political Studies Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; A. How We Think About Equal Opportunity ; B. Opportunity Pluralism ; C. Implications of the Theory ; Chapter I: Equal Opportunity and Its Problems ; I.A. Conceptions of Equal Opportunity ; I.A.1. Rawlsian Equal Opportunity & Starting Gate Theories ; I.A.2. Tests, Bias, and <"Formal-Plus>" ; I.A.3. Luck Egalitarianism and Natural Talents ; I.A.4. Talent, Luck, and Dworkin ; I.B. Beyond Distributive Justice: Opportunities and Flourishing ; I.C. Four Problems for Equal Opportunity ; I.C.1. The Problem of the Family ; i. Parental Advantages ; ii. Mitigation and Compensation ; iii. Families and the Principle of Fair Life Chances ; I.C.2. The Problem of Merit ; i. An Admissions Example ; ii. Merit for Luck Egalitarians ; iii. Roemer's EOp Proposal and the Limits of Merit ; iv. Merit and Self ; I.C.3. The Problem of the Starting Gate ; i. Limits of the Ex Ante Perspective ; ii. Compounded Advantage and the Concatenation of Opportunities ; iii. Focus on the Youngest? ; iv. Them That's Got Shall Get ; I.C.4. The Problem of Individuality ; i. Schaar's Nightmare and Nozick's Dream ; ii. Toward A Different Kind of Equal Opportunity ; Chapter II: Opportunities and Human Development ; II.A. Natural Difference in Political Theory ; II.B. Intrinsic Differences, Nature, and Nurture ; II.B.1. Intrinsic Difference Claims ; II.B.2. Models of Nature and Nurture ; II.B.3. Not Even Separate ; II.C. The Trouble with <"Normal>" ; II.C.1. There Is No <"Normal>" ; II.C.2. The Flynn Effect: An Object Lesson in the Role of Environment ; II.D. An Iterative Model of Human Development ; II.D.1. Developing Capacities ; II.D.2. Interaction with Family and Society ; II.D.3. Interaction With the World of Employment ; II.E. The Trouble With <"Equal>" ; II.E.1. A Simple Equalization Problem ; II.E.2. What if We Don't All Have the Same Goal? ; II.E.3. The Endogeneity of Preferences and Goals ; II.E.4. Essential Developmental Opportunities ; Chapter III: Opportunity Pluralism ; III.A. Unitary and Pluralistic Opportunity Structures ; III.A.1 Individuality and Pluralism ; III.A.2 Positional Goods and Competitive Roles ; III.A.3. The Anti-Bottleneck Principle ; III.A.4. Who Controls The Opportunity Structure? ; III.B. The Dynamics of Bottlenecks ; III.B.1. Types of Bottlenecks ; III.B.2. Legitimate Versus Arbitrary Bottlenecks ; III.B.3. Severity of Bottlenecks ; III.B.4. How Many People Are Affected By This Bottleneck? ; III.B.5. What To Do About Bottlenecks ; III.B.6. Bottlenecks and the Content of Jobs ; III.B.7. Situating Bottlenecks Within the Opportunity Structure as a Whole ; III.B.8. Bottlenecks, Efficiency, and Human Capital ; III.B.9. Potential Benefits of Bottlenecks ; III.C. Flourishing, Perfectionism, and Priority ; III.C.1. Equal Opportunity Without a Common Scale ; III.C.2. Thin Perfectionism and Autonomy ; Chapter IV: Applications ; IV.A. Class as Bottleneck ; IV.A.1. Fear of Downward Mobility: A Parable About How Inequality Matters ; IV.A.2. College as Bottleneck ; IV.A.3. Segregation and Integration: A Story of Networks and Norms ; IV.B. Freedom and Flexibility in the World of Work ; IV.B.1. Flexibility, Job Lock, and Entrepreneurialism ; IV.B.2. Workplace Flexibility and Gender Bottlenecks ; IV.C. Bottlenecks and Antidiscrimination Law ; IV.C.1 Some Cutting-Edge Statutes and Their Implications ; IV.C.2. Whom Should Antidiscrimination Law Protect? ; IV.C.3. An Example: Appearance Discrimination ; IV.C.4. Bottlenecks, Groups, and Individuals ; IV.C.5. How Should Antidiscrimination Law Protect? ; Conclusion ; Acknowledgments ; Index
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Oxford University Press Against Absolute Goodness
Book SynopsisAre there things we should value because they are, quite simply, good? If so, such things might be said to have absolute goodness. They would be good simpliciter or full stop - not good for someone, not good of a kind, but nonetheless good (period). They might also be called impersonal values. The reason why we ought to value such things, if there are any, would merely be the fact that they are, quite simply, good things. In the twentieth century, G. E. Moore was the great champion of absolute goodness, but he is not the only philosopher who posits the existence and importance of this property. Against these friend of absolute goodness, Richard Kraut here builds the argument he made in WHAT IS GOOD AND WHY, demonstrating that goodness is not a reason-giving property - in fact, there may be no such thing. It is, he holds, an insidious category of practical thought, because it can be and has been used to justify what is harmful and condemn what is beneficial. Impersonal value draws us awTrade Reviewthis is a good book for introducing value theory. Its language is easy-flowing, its style conversational. It covers a wide range of relevant topics for such a relatively short book by its use of brief chapters. * David Kaspar, Social Theory and Practice *Table of ContentsContents ; Acknowledgments ; 1. Moore and the Idea of Goodness ; 2. Goodness Before and After Moore ; 3. An Argument for Absolute Goodness ; 4. Absolute Evil, Relative Goodness ; 5. Recent Skepticism about Goodness ; 6. Being Good and Being Good for Someone ; 7. Non-Instrumental Advantageousness ; 8. The Problem of Intelligibility ; 9. The Problem of Double Value ; 10. Pleasure Reconsidered ; 11. Scanlon's Buck-Passing Account of Value ; 12. Moore's Argument Against Relative Goodness ; 13. Goodness and Variability ; 14. Impersonality: an Ethical Objection to Absolute Goodness ; 15. Further Reflections on the Ethical Objection ; 16. Moore's Mistake About Unobserved Beauty ; 17. Better States of Affairs and Buck-Passing ; 18. The Enjoyment of Beauty ; 19. Is Love Absolutely Good? ; 20. Is Cruelty Absolutely Bad? ; 21. Kant on Suicide ; 22. Future Generations ; 23. Bio-Diversity ; 24. Is Equality Absolutely Good? ; 25. The Value of Persons and Other Creatures ; 26. Euthanasia ; 27. The Extinction of Humankind ; 28. The Case Against Absolute Goodness Reviewed ; 29. The Problem of Intelligibility Revisited ; 30. Attributive and Predicative Uses of <"Good>" ; Appendix A: Killing Persons ; Appendix B: J. David Velleman on the Value Inhering in Persons ; Appendix C: Robert Merrihew Adams on the Highest Good ; Appendix D: Thomas Hurka on the Structure of Goods ; Appendix E: Jeff McMahan on Impersonal Value ; Appendix F: Other Authors and Uses ; 1. Plato ; 2. Aristotle ; 3. John Rawls ; 4. John Broome ; Bibliography
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Oxford University Press Out from the Shadows
Book SynopsisOut from the Shadows showcases the work of 18 analytical feminists from a variety of traditional areas of philosophy: social and political philosophy, normative ethics, virtue theory, metaethics, philosophy of language, metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of science. The collection is unique both in its focus on analytical feminism and in its breadth across the subdisciplines within philosophy. The book highlights successful uses of concepts and approaches from traditional philosophy, and illustrates the contributions that feminist approaches have made and could make to the analysis of issues in key areas of traditional philosophy, while also demonstrating that traditional philosophy ignores feminist insights and feminist critiques of traditional philosophy at its own peril.Table of ContentsPreface ; Introduction ; 1. Resistance Is (Not) Futile: Analytical Feminism's Relation to Political Philosophy, Ann E. Cudd ; 2. A Feminist, Kantian Conception of the Right to Bodily Integrity: The Cases of Abortion and Homosexuality, Helga Varden ; 3. Autonomy in Relation, Andrea Westlund ; 4. Critical Character Theory: Toward a Feminist Perspective on 'Vice' (and 'Virtue'), Robin S. Dillon ; 5. Modesty as a Feminist Sexual Virtue, Anne Barnhill ; 6. Standards of Rationality and the Challenge of the Moral Skeptic, Anita M. Superson ; 7. Constructivism and Feminism, Julia Driver ; 8. Politically Significant Terms and the Philosophy of Language: Methodological Issues, Jennifer Saul ; 9. Illocution and Expectations of Being Heard, Maura Tumulty ; 10. Is There A 'Feminist' Philosophy of Language?, Louise Antony ; 11. Silence and Institutional Prejudice, Miranda Fricker ; 12. Knowing Moral Agents: Epistemic Dependence and the Moral Realm, Heidi E. Grasswick ; 13. What is Distinctive about Feminist Epistemology at 25?, Phyllis Rooney ; 14. Uses of Value Judgments in Science: A General Argument, with Lessons from a Case Study of Feminist Research on Divorce, Elizabeth Anderson ; 15. The Analytic Tradition, Radical (Feminist) Interpretation, and the Hygiene Hypothesis, Sharyn Clough ; 16. The Web of Valief: An Assessment of Feminist Radical Empiricism, Miriam Solomon ; 17. Self-Constructions: An Existentialist Approach to Self and Social Identity, Mariam Thalos ; 18. Who Is Included? Intersectionality, Metaphors, and the Multiplicity of Gender, Ann Garry
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Oxford University Press Political Philosophy
Book SynopsisFrom Greek antiquity to the latest theories, this historical survey of political philosophy not only covers the major thinkers in the field but also explores the theme of how political philosophy relates to the nature of man. It illustrates how the great political thinkers have always grounded their political thought in what the author terms a ''normative anthropology'', which typically has not only ethical but metaphysical and/or theological components. Starting with the ancient Greek Sophists, author Michael J. White examines how thinkers over the centuries have approached such political and philosophical concerns as justice, morality, and human flourishing, offering substantial studies of-among others-Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Locke, Hobbes, Rousseau, Marx, and J. S. Mill. White highlights the impact of Christianity on political philosophy, illustrating the diversity of that impact by studies of Augustine, Aquinas, and Marsilius of Padua. Concluding with an in-depth analysis of JohnTrade Review"This book is a challenging book, in the best sense. White's central thesis, while controversial, is nevertheless important, consistently argued -- both historically and philosophically, and presented in a thoroughly engaging manner."--Philosophy in Review "A masterpiece of clear thinking, this well-written text will challenge many to reflect more closely on matters often too quickly decided. The result is more than one might ever have expected of an introductory text of this size; indeed a better introduction to the subject is hard to imagine."--Alastair Hannay, University of OsloTable of ContentsAcknowledgments and Preface to Second Edition ; Chapter 1. Introduction ; Politics and Human Nature ; The Idea of Human Nature or the Human Good as 'Function': Normative Anthropology ; My 'Story' of Political Philosophy-and my Cast of Characters ; Enduring Issues in Political Philosophy ; Chapter 2. Classical Greek Political Philosophy: Beginnings ; Nature or Nurture? ; Protagoras' Democratic Traditionalism ; The Functionalistic Foundation of the Political Aretai in Nature (physis) ; Glaucon's Contractarian Political Theory ; Chapter 3. Plato: Government for Corrupted Intellects ; Socrates' Polis of Pigs ; The 'Republic' of Plato's Republic ; The Human Ergon and the Purpose of Political Organization ; Furthering Rationality by Means of the Polis? ; Why Should Anyone Return to the Cave? ; Plato and 'the Rule of Law' ; Chapter 4. Aristotle: Politics as the Master Art ; The Human Good: Intellectual and Political ; Acting Correctly (eupraxia) as a Grand End? ; The Polis as a Complete Community ; The Role of Politics: The Master Art? ; Concluding Thoughts ; Chapter 5. Cicero: The Cosmic Significance of Politics ; Cicero as Champion of the Res Publica ; What is Right (ius): The Rule of Law (lex) and Normative Anthropology ; Virtues, Duties, and Laws ; Chapter 6. Christianity: A Political Religion? ; The New Testament and Beyond ; Pauline Cosmopolitanism ; The Roman Empire Christianized ; The Advent of Tempora Christiana (the Christian era) ; Chapter 7. Augustine, Aquinas and Marsilius of Padua: Politics for Saints, Sinners, and Heretics ; St. Augustine ; The Two Rationales of Augustine's City of God ; The Two Cities ; Theoretical Political Consequences ; Christians as Good Citizens of Secular States? ; St. Thomas Aquinas ; The Human Function: Nature and Praeternature ; The 'Parts' of the Eternal Law: Divine, Natural, and Human Law ; Political Forms, Procedures, and Other Particulars ; Aquinas' Political Philosophy: Some Concluding Observations ; Marsilius of Padua ; The Autonomous but Coercive Regnum (Political Community) and its Law ; The Political Wisdom and Authority of the Whole Body of Citizens (or the weightier part thereof) ; Chapter 8. Hobbes and Locke: Seventeenth-Century Contractarianism ; Thomas Hobbes: Natural Law Simplified and Modernized ; Natural Law, Natural Rights, and the Human Function ; Law, Contracts, and the 'Leviathan' ; The Civil State: Sovereigns and Subjects ; Concluding Thoughts on God and Sovereigns ; John Locke: Divinely Mandated Autonomy, Natural Rights, and Property ; Moral Knowledge and Human Motivation ; The State of Nature and the Social Contract ; Property and Liberal Political Theory: Lockean Origins ; Chapter 9. Rousseau and Marx: Reaction to Bourgeois-Liberalism ; Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Autonomous Citizens for the true Republic ; The Intertwined Development of Civilization, Corruption, and Morality ; The Social Contract and the Emile: Republics and Republican Citizens ; Politics and the Human Function ; Karl Marx: Distortion of the Human Function within the Bourgeois-Liberal State ; Political Emancipation and the Bourgeois-Liberal State ; Alienation and the Human Function ; Historical Materialism and the Coming of Communism ; Concluding Thoughts: The Cook Shops of the Future Made Present ; Chapter 10. Mill and Rawls: Liberalism Ascendant? ; John Stuart Mill: Perfectionist Liberalism ; Mill's Liberalism ; Liberty and Government ; Democratic Republicanism ; Concluding Thought on Mill and Liberalism ; John Rawls: Political (and Non-Perfectionist?) Liberalism ; Egalitarian Justice as the "First Virtue of Social Institutions": Basic Assumptions ; Rawls' Two Principles of Justice: What they Apply to and Why ; Consensus, Public Reason, and the Distinction between Citoyen and Bourgeois ; The Ultimate Justification of Rawlsian liberalism? ; Epilogue ; Notes
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OUP USA The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Education
Book SynopsisPhilosophy of education has an honored place in the history of Western philosophical thought. Its questions are as vital now, both philosophically and practically, as they have ever been. In recent decades, however, philosophical thinking about education has largely fallen off the philosophical radar screen. Philosophy of education has lost intimate contact with the parent discipline to a regrettably large extent--to the detriment of both.The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Education is intended to serve as a general introduction to key issues in the field, to further the philosophical pursuit of those issues, and to bring philosophy of education back into closer contact with general philosophy. Distinguished philosophers and philosophers of education, most of whom have made important contributions to core areas of philosophy, turn their attention in these 28 essays to a broad range of philosophical questions concerning education. The chapters are accessible to readers with no prior eTrade ReviewThe collection has notable strengths. The essays cover a wide range of interesting topics from a variety of philosophical perspectives. They are uniformly well-written and accessible to readers without a prior background in the philosophy of education.... As a collection of papers likely to advance research in the philosophy of education, the collection contains many essays that directly take on issues in the area and make important contributions to on-going debates. * Peter J. Markie, BNotre Dame Philosophical Reviews *The Handbook delivers twenty-eight substantial, carefully wrought, informative chapters treating such topics as indoctrination, fallibility, empathy, values, skepticism, imagination, stereotypes, and many others. The chapters try to extract the good from the bad in debates about critical thinking, constructivism, multiculturalism, religious toleration, moral and civic education, parents' rights, and curriculum design. Some of the chapters are quite original (e.g., Philip Kitcher's and Elijah Millgram's); some ought to go on required reading lists (e.g., Nicholas Burbules's and Meira Levinson's); all make important distinctions and clarify contemporary debates. There's not a clunker in the lot. * Social Theory and Practice *The book deserves to be on a philosopher of education's shelf. * Science and Education *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Philosophy of Education and Philosophy, Harvey Siegel ; Aims of Education ; 1. The Epistemic Aims of Education, Emily Robertson ; 2. Moral and Political Aims of Education, Harry Brighouse ; 3. Tagore, Dewey, and the Imminent Demise of Liberal Education, Martha Nussbaum ; Thinking, Reasoning, Teaching and Learning ; 4. Thinking, Reasoning, and Education, Richard Feldman ; 5. Why Fallibility Has Not Mattered and How It Could, Jonathan E. Adler ; 6. Indoctrination, Eamonn Callan and Dylan Arena ; 7. Educating for Authenticity: The Paradox of Moral Education Revisited, Stefaan E. Cuypers ; 8. The Development of Rationality, David Moshman ; 9. Philosophy and Developmental Psychology: Getting Beyond the Deficit Conception of Childhood, Gareth B. Matthews ; 10. Socratic Teaching and Socratic Method, Thomas C. Brickhouse and Nicholas D. Smith ; 11. Educating the Practical Imagination: A Prolegomena, Amelie Rorty ; Moral, Value, and Character Education ; 12. Caring, Empathy, and Moral Education, Michael Slote ; 13. Kantian Moral Maturity and the Cultivation of Character, Marcia C. Baron ; 14. The Persistence of Moral Skepticism and the Limits of Moral Education, Elijah Millgram ; 15. Values Education, Graham Oddie ; Knowledge, Curriculum, and Educational Research ; 16. Curriculum and the Value of Knowledge, David Carr ; 17. Education, Democracy, and Capitalism, Philip Kitcher ; 18. Art and Education, Catherine Z. Elgin ; 19. Science Education, Religious Toleration, and Liberal Neutrality Toward the Good, Robert Audi ; 20. Constructivisms, Scientific Methods and Reflective Judgment in Science Education, Richard E. Grandy ; 21. Empirical Educational Research: Charting Philosophical Disagreements in an Undisciplined Field, D. C. Phillips ; Social/Political Issues ; 22. Educating for Individual Freedom and Democratic Citizenship: In Unity and Diversity There Is Strength, Amy Gutmann ; 23. Mapping Multicultural Education, Meira Levinson ; 24. Prejudice, Lawrence Blum ; 25. Educational Authority and the Interests of Children, Rob Reich ; Approaches to Philosophy of Education and Philosophy ; 26. Pragmatist Philosophy of Education, Randall Curren ; 27. Feminist Philosophy and Education, Nel Noddings ; 28. Postmodernism and Education, Nicholas C. Burbules
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Oxford University Press The Enlightenment of Sympathy
Book SynopsisEnlightenment thinkers of the eighteenth century were committed to the ideal of reflective autonomy--the principle that each of us should think for ourselves, particularly when determining moral and political standards. In keeping with that era''s reputation as the age of reason, many interpreted autonomy in a distinctively rationalist way--privileging reflective reason over all other mental faculties. However, other leading philosophers of the era--such as David Hume, Adam Smith, and J.G. Herder--placed greater emphasis on feeling, seeing moral and political reflection as the proper work of the mind as a whole. They argued that without emotion, imagination, and sympathy we would be incapable of developing the moral sentiments that form the basis of our commitment to justice and virtue. The Enlightenment of Sympathy reclaims the sentimentalist theory of reflective autonomy as a resource for enriching social science, normative theory, and political practice today. The sentimentalist desTrade ReviewMichael Frazer has written a thought-provoking analysis and defense of sentimentalist theory. His excellent book is well written and carefully researched, offering insightful discussions of a wide range of thinkers. It will be of great interest to students and scholars working in, among other areas, moral theory, political theory, and eighteenth-century thought. * Charles L. Griswold, Professor of Philosophy, Boston University, and author of Forgiveness: A Philosophical Exploration *Michael Frazer's The Enlightenment of Sympathy corrects a widely entrenched but nonetheless benighted reading of the Enlightenment. Frazer shows how the sentimentalist branch of the enlightenment anticipates much recent scholarship, both philosophical and neuroscientific, on the essential role of emotion. This precise and deft project of recovery should be read by anyone who wishes to be enthused by this superbly argued prophetic endeavor. * George E. Marcus, Professor of Political Science, Williams College, and author of The Sentimental Citizen *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements ; Introduction: A Tale of Two Enlightenments ; Chapter 1: Sentimentalism Before Hume ; I. The New Science of Human Nature ; II. Religious and Metaphysical Foundations ; III. Theories of Justice ; Chapter 2: Hume's Free-Standing Sentimentalism ; I. Sympathy and the Moral Sentiments ; II. Moral Development ; III. Hume's Normative Theory ; Chapter 3: Hume's Conservative Sentimentalism ; I. Hume's Theory of Justice ; II. The Sentimentalist Case Against Hume's Theory ; Chapter 4: Adam Smith's Liberal Sentimentalism ; I. The Alleged Incompatibility of Sentimentalism with Individualism ; II. The Space Between Actor and Spectator: Sympathy and Moral Judgment ; III. The Space Between Actors: Justice and Natural Jurisprudence ; Chapter 5: Kant's Abandonment of Sentimentalism ; I. The Critical-Period Position on the Foundations of Morals ; II. The Critical-Period Normative Evaluation of Sympathy ; III. The Critical-Period Theory of Affects and Passions ; IV. A Contrasting Pre-Critical Position ; Chapter 6: Herder's Pluralist Sentimentalism ; I. Sentimentalism and the Problem of Diversity ; II. From Sympathy to Diversity ; III. From Diversity to Empathetic Understanding ; IV. From Empathetic Understanding to Justice ; Chapter 7: Sentimentalism Today ; I. Sentimentalism and Social Science ; II. Sentimentalism and Normative Theory ; III. Sentimentalism and Political Practice ; Bibliography
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Oxford University Press The Epistemology of Resistance
Book SynopsisThis book explores the epistemic side of racial and sexual oppression. It elucidates how social insensitivities and imposed silences prevent members of different groups from listening to each other.Trade ReviewJose Medina has written an original book which masterfully combines continental and American traditions and which addresses important topics in contemporary social and political philosophy, showing why we should pay more attention to the epistemic dimension of our everyday interactions. * Roberto Frega, European Journal of Pragmatism and American Philosophy *This book breaks new ground in linking epistemology with social and political concerns, still a relatively new area of interface in philosophy. Most of the serious epistemology that has done this linking to date is in feminist epistemology, which Medina draws on as a resource. He then goes on to develop a highly general, inclusive, and broad account that addresses oppression in its most general terms. Going beyond critique he develops a positive reconstruction that usefully addresses both the social and the individual changes that need to be made in knowing practices, and provides a new and very helpful vocabulary for describing and understanding the patterns of epistemic injustice. This is one of the most important works of epistemology and radical social theory in a long time. * Linda Alcoff, Professor of Philosophy, Hunter College and CUNY Graduate Center *The social epistemology developed in recent decades represents a welcome advance on the dead-end of Cartesian individualism. But the social has too often been conceived of without centering social oppression, and all the noetic complexities that come with it. In this richly detailed and wide-ranging text, Jose Medina locates the epistemological project squarely where it belongs: in societies of privilege, subordination, and radical group differentiation. Drawing on feminism, critical race theory, and queer theory, he shows with unprecedented thoroughness that we need to develop the cognitive virtues necessary to overcome active ignorance, epistemic injustice, and structural group insensitivity in sum, the problems not of a conveniently sanitized epistemic 'Twin-Earth' but the disordered world in which we all actually live. * Charles Mills, John Evans Professor of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy. Department of Philosophy, Northwestern University *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements ; Foreword: Insensitivity and Blindness ; Introduction. Resistance, Democratic Sensibilities, and the Cultivation of Perplexity ; A. The Importance of Dissent and the Imperative of Epistemic Interaction ; B. Resistance, Perplexity, and Multiperspectivalism ; C. Overview ; Chapter 1. Active Ignorance, Epistemic Others, and Epistemic Friction ; 1.1. Active Ignorance and the Epistemic Vices of the Privileged ; 1.2. Lucidity and the Epistemic Virtues of the Oppressed ; 1.3. Resistance, Epistemic Responsibility, and the Regulative Principles of Epistemic Friction ; Chapter 2. Resistance as Epistemic Vice and as Epistemic Virtue ; 2.1. The Excess of Epistemic Authority and the Resulting Insensitivity ; 2.1.1. Epistemic Justice as Interactive, Comparative and Contrastive ; 2.1.2. Differential Authority, Systematic Injustice, and the Social Imaginary ; 2.2. The Vice of Avoiding Epistemic Friction, Hermeneuticalal Injustice, and the Problem of Meta-Blindness. ; 2.3. Striving for Open-Mindedness: Epistemic Friction and Epistemic Counterpoints as Correctives of Meta-Blindness ; Chapter 3. Imposed Silences and Shared Hermeneutical Responsibilities ; 3.1. Silences and the Communicative Approach to Epistemic Injustice ; 3.2. Communicative Pluralism and Hermeneutical Injustice ; 3.3. Our Hermeneutical Responsibilities with respect to Multiple Publics ; Chapter 4. Epistemic Responsibility and Culpable Ignorance ; 4.1. Responsible Agency, Knowledge/Ignorance, and Social Injustice ; 4.2. Betraying One's Responsibilities under Conditions of Oppression: Social Contextuality, Interconnectedness, and Culpable Ignorance ; 4.2.A. Pig Heads, Burning Crosses, and Car keys ; 4.2.B. The Social Division of Cognitive Laziness ; 4.2.C. Blindness to Differences ; 4.2.D. Blindness to Social Relationality and the Relevance Dilemma ; 4.3. Overlapping Insensitivities, Culture-Blaming, and Gender Violence against Third-World Women ; Chapter 5. Meta-Lucidity, Epistemic Heroes, and the Everyday Struggle Toward Epistemic Justice ; 5.1. Living Up to One's Responsibilities under Conditions of Oppression: Meta-Lucidity ; 5.2. Promoting Lucidity and Social Change ; 5.3. Echoing: Chained Action, "Epistemic Heroes", and Social Networks ; 5.3.1. Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz: Epistemic Courage, Critical Imagination and Epistemic Friction ; 5.3.2. Rosa Parks: Counter-Performativity, Chained Agency, and Social Networks ; Chapter 6. Resistant Imagination and Radical Solidarity ; 6.1. Pluralistic Communities of Resistence ; 6.2. Normative Pluralism and Radical Solidarity ; 6.3. Epistemic Friction and Insurrectionary Genealogies ; 6.4. Guerrilla Pluralism, Counter-Memories, and Epistemologies of Ignorance ; 6.5. Resistant Imaginations: Toward a Kaleidoscopic Social Sensibility ; 6.6. Conclusion: Network Solidarity ; Coda ; References
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Oxford University Press A Theory of Justice for Animals
Book SynopsisAre animals worthy recipients of justice? If so, what do we owe them, and what is to be gained by using the language of justice when considering our duties toward them? A Theory of Justice for Animals, written by one of the foremost scholars of animal ethics, argues that not only are animals worthy recipients of justice, but that the language of justice offers a stronger base of claims for animal advocates than does the language of ethics or morality. It also claims that a genuinely political theory of animal rights is incomplete if it does not go beyond the level of ideal theory. This is the first account of animal ethics to use nonideal theory, and it does so to plot a course from where we are now to where we want to be. Advancing what he calls the enhanced sentience position, Robert Garner argues that a valid theory of justice for animals should be rights-based, and that animals have a right to not suffer at the hands of humans. At the same time, he argues that humans have a greaterTrade ReviewAs a welcome defence of animal rights, Garner's book is among the leading accounts of justice for animals and a powerful, practical weapon against the injustices our species inflicts upon so many suffering animals. * Jeffrey Spring, Political Studies Review *In this highly anticipated book, Robert Garner presents a clear and persuasive new theory of justice for animals. Because the theory aims to be feasible, and attuned to what can be achieved given the realities of our societies, the book is required reading for all those interested in the future of animal protection. * Alasdair Cochrane, Lecturer in Political Theory, University of Sheffield *Table of Contents1. Introduction - Animals, Justice and Nonideal Theory ; 2. Contractarianism, Animals and Justice ; 3. Why Animals Need Justice ; 4. Indirect Duties, Virtue Ethics and Animals ; 5. The Animal Welfare Ethic ; 6. Animal Rights and Justice ; 7. Three Positions Rejected ; 8. Animal Rights as Ideal and Nonideal Theory ; 9. The Argument From Marginal Cases Revisited ; 10. Conclusion
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Oxford University Press Identities and Freedom
Book SynopsisHow can we think about identities in the wake of feminist critiques of identity and identity politics? In Identities and Freedom, Allison Weir rethinks conceptions of individual and collective identities in relation to freedom. Drawing on Taylor and Foucault, Butler, Zerilli, Mahmood, Mohanty, Young, and others, Weir develops a complex and nuanced account of identities that takes seriously the ways in which identity categories are bound up with power relations, with processes of subjection and exclusion, yet argues that identities are also sources of important values, and of freedom, for they are shaped and sustained by relations of interdependence and solidarity. Moving out of the paradox of identity and freedom requires understanding identities as effects of multiple contesting relations of power and relations of interdependence. This is a terrific book, one that stakes out an original and distinctive position in some well-worn debates, and that brings together diverse bodies of theoTrade ReviewWeir breaks new ground, arguing for freedom as belonging: a form of freedom that acknowledges the discipline and category ascription that shape our identities as well as our elective and transformative practices, even those of subordination. * Hypatia *Allison Weir's Identities and Freedom is an important book. It introduces a new direction in contemporary discussions around identity, a direction that is crucially necessary.... Weir has taken the very important discussion about identities and freedom into new territory. Because this is so, this book is a must-read for anyone who wishes to participate in the ongoing conversation about what we mean when we identify ourselves and others through socially shared labels. * Linda Nicholson, Social Theory and Practice *[This book] is ambitious in scope and its insights are manifold.... [I]t is profoundly engaging and provocative -- it is a book that all feminist philosophers, and many others concerned with questions concerning identity, freedom, power, and connection should read. * Sonia Kruks, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *This is a terrific book, one that stakes out an original and distinctive position in some well-worn debates, and that brings together diverse bodies of theory in an insightful and productive way. It is a real gem. It offers substantial new insights into how feminist theorists can go on in the wake of the relentless critique of the notion of identity. The book will make a significant contribution to ongoing debates in feminist theory over the vexed question of identity -- a question that is absolutely central to feminist theory, and has been so for at least the last twenty years. * Amy Allen, Department of Philosophy, Dartmouth College *This book makes great contributions to the feminist literature by reconceptualizing IDENTITY in terms of connectedness and FREEDOM in terms of practices of belonging. Through a fascinating and innovative synthesis of Michel Foucault and Charles Taylor, Weir's communitarian approach develops new arguments for the need to cultivate resistant identities and resistant communities. This impressive book is full of original ideas masterfully articulated in critical engagements with leading feminist scholars such as Saba Mahmood, Cynthia Willett, Iris Young, and Linda Zerilli. This provocative book is a must read for anyone interested in contemporary discussions of freedom, resistance, identity, and community. * José Medina, Department of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; Chapter 1. Who are We? Modern Identities Between Taylor and Foucault ; Chapter 2. Home and Identity: In Memory of Iris Marion Young ; Chapter 3. Global Feminism and Transformative Identity Politics ; Chapter 4. Transforming Women ; Chapter 5. Feminism and the Islamic Revival: Freedom as a Practice of Belonging ; Conclusion ; References
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Oxford University Press Autonomy Oppression and Gender
Book SynopsisThis collection of new essays examines philosophical issues at the intersection of feminism and autonomy studies. Are autonomy and independence useful goals for women and subordinate persons? Is autonomy possible in contexts of social subordination? Is the pursuit of desires that issue from patriarchal norms consistent with autonomous agency? How do emotions and caring relate to autonomous deliberation? Contributors to this collection answer these questions and others, advancing central debates in autonomy theory by examining basic components, normative commitments, and applications of conceptions of autonomy. Several chapters look at the conditions necessary for autonomous agency and at the role that values and norms -- such as independence, equality, inclusivity, self-respect, care and femininity -- play in feminist theories of autonomy. Whereas some contributing authors focus on dimensions of autonomy that are internal to the mind -- such as deliberative reflection, desires, cares, Trade ReviewThis new volume in the Studies in Feminist Philosophy series tackles issues at the intersection of social, political, economic, and feminist theory and philosophy ... It continues the debate about how to define these terms within the conditions faced by individuals, particularly women. Recommended. * Choice *Table of Contents1. Introduction ; Andrea Veltman and Mark Piper ; I. Autonomy and Independence ; 2. Three Dimensions of Autonomy: A Relational Analysis ; Catriona Mackenzie ; 3. Relational Autonomy and Independence ; Marilyn Friedman ; 4. Autonomy? Or Freedom? A Return to Psychoanalytic Theory ; Nancy Hirschmann ; II. Autonomy and Normative Commitments ; 5. Feminist Commitments and Relational Autonomy ; Paul Benson ; 6. The Feminist Debate over Values in Autonomy Theory ; Diana Tietjens Meyers ; 7. A Commitment to Autonomy Is a Commitment to Feminism ; Marina Oshana ; III. Autonomy, Reasons, and Care ; 8. Emotions, Reasons and Autonomy ; Christine Tappolet ; 9. Autonomy and Self-Care ; Andrea Westlund ; IV. Autonomy, Oppression and Adaptive Preferences ; 10. Coping or Oppression: Autonomy and Adaptation to Circumstance ; John Christman ; 11. Autonomy and Adaptive Preference Formation ; Natalie Stoljar ; V. Autonomy in Social Contexts ; 12. Raising Daughters: Autonomy, Feminism and Gender Socialization ; Mark Piper ; 13. Autonomy and Oppression at Work ; Andrea Veltman ; 14. The Right to Bodily Autonomy and the Abortion Controversy ; Anita Superson ; 15. Autonomy and Ableism ; Anita Ho
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Oxford University Press Why Political Liberalism
Book SynopsisIn Why Political Liberalism? Paul Weithman offers a fresh, rigorous, and compelling interpretation of John Rawls''s reasons for taking his so-called political turn. Weithman takes Rawls at his word that justice as fairness was recast as a form of political liberalism because of an inconsistency Rawls found in his early treatment of social stability. He argues that the inconsistency is best seen by identifying the threats to stability with which the early Rawls was concerned. One of those threats, often overlooked by Rawls''s readers, is the threat that the justice of a well-ordered society would be undermined by a generalized prisoner''s dilemma. Showing how the Rawls of A Theory of Justice tried to avert that threat shows that the much-neglected third part of that book is of considerably greater philosophical interest, and has considerably more unity of focus, than is generally appreciated. Weithman painstakingly reconstructs Rawls''s attempts to show that a just society would be stabTrade Reviewnot only a convincing rebuttal of the standard story ... but more importantly, a detailed reconstruction of the parts of the argument Rawls ultimately found to be wanting, the flaws Rawls discovered there, and the ways that the pieces of the later work serve to fix those problems. ... Weithman's reconstruction of both the original argument in A Theory of Justice and the later, political, replacement, are masterpieces of close, almost scholastic, exegesis. * Anthony Simon Laden, Mind *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ; List of Tables ; Introduction ; 1. The Public Basis of View ; 2. Stability and Congruence ; 3. Ideals and Inconsistency ; 4. The Acquisition of Four Desires ; 5. Thin Reasons to be Just ; 6. The Argument from Love and Justice ; 7. Kantian Congruence and the Unified Self ; 8. The Great Unraveling ; 9. The Political Ideals of Justice as Fairness ; 10. Comprehensive Reasons to be Just ; Conclusion
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Oxford University Press Sovereign Masculinity
Book SynopsisAfter 9/11/2001, gendered narratives of humiliation and revenge proliferated in the U.S. national imaginary. How is it that gender, which we commonly take to be a structure at the heart of individual identity, is also at stake in the life of the nation? What do we learn about gender when we pay attention to how it moves and circulates between the lived experience of the subject and the aspirations of the nation in war? What is the relation between national sovereignty and sovereign masculinity? Through examining practices of torture, extra-judicial assassination, and first person accounts of soldiers on the ground, Bonnie Mann develops a new theory of gender. It is neither a natural essence nor merely a social construct. Gender is first and foremost an operation of justification which binds the lived existence of the individual subject to the aspirations of the regime.Inspired by a reexamination of the work of Simone de Beauvoir, the author exposes how sovereign masculinity hinges on tTrade Reviewrichly textured philosophical study * Susan James, Times Higher Education *What does gender do in the life of a nation? In this splendidly written and passionately engaged book, Mann traces out how sovereign masculinity, committed to a vision of itself as invulnerable and self justifying, has created a framework to conduct a war that on moral and rational grounds is against the best interests of the soldiers who fight the war, the citizens who support the war, and to democratic institutions and practices themselves. Ranging over discussions from Simone de Beauvoir and phenomenology to the political and cultural representations of war and torture, Mann probes how gender operates both in the innermost space of its citizens and in the aspirations of national manhood. A fresh and critical feminist engagement with the gendered lessons of the war on terror, Sovereign Masculinity deserves a wide readership. * Robin May Schott, Senior Researcher, Danish Institute for International Studies *This book is a must read for those who want to understand the complexity and nuance of sovereign masculinityThere is a lot of heart in this book, and I am a little envious of the way in which Mann mixes the scholarly with her passionate activism. It is just the kind of book that is sorely needed in a badly broken world. Mann has left me with a whole host of questions, as well as provided me with invaluable points of critical clarification, inspiration, and, definitely, a gender lesson. * Amanullah De Sondy, Journal of the Society for Contemporary Thought and the Islamicate World *Mann's insightful contributions welcome updating of the analyses of gender and gendering processes, gendered politics, and gendered violence. * Bat-Ami Bar On, Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy *Table of ContentsPreface ; Chapter 1 Introduction: Strange Cousins ; Prologue: Justifications ; Chapter 2 Invitation ; Chapter 3 Beauvoir ; Chapter 4 History ; I: Style ; Chapter 5 Aesthetic ; Chapter 6 Recognition ; Chapter 7 Woman ; II: Imaginary ; Chapter 8 Imaginary ; Chapter 9 Shame ; Chapter 10 Redemption ; III: Frame ; Chapter 11 Existence ; Chapter 12 Home ; Chapter 13 Father ; IV: Apparatus ; Chapter 14 Shock and Awe ; Chapter 15 Institution ; Chapter 16 Torture ; Conclusion ; Chapter 17 Conclusion: Permanent State of Exception
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Palgrave MacMillan Us Marx and the Dynamic of the Capital Formation An Aesthetics of Political Economy
Book SynopsisThis study offers a close examination of Marx's dialectical method of analysis through the lens of current debates in cultural studies, political economy, and critical sociology. It seeks to reanimate Marx's theoretical reconstruction of the capitalist formation from the point of view of recent social dynamics within advanced consumer economies.Trade Review"Best s approach to rethinking a Marxian dialectical method comes at an extraordinarily appropriate time, one in which, as has so often been said, late capitalism has become an image society and in which aesthetics has in uniquely new historical ways been assimilated into economics. Any Marxism that claims to address the issues and problems of the renewed capitalist and globalized system of today s world must necessarily take some such path as this, which Beverley Best has so productively pioneered." - Fredric Jameson, Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature, Duke University "With her beautifully constructed and critically imaginative thesis, Beverley Best enhances our understanding of several key problems in critical theory: how to read Marx, today; how to read aesthetics politically, and political economy as aesthetics; what to do with cognitive mapping ; and how to deal in a lucid way as academics with an economy of obsolescence in ideas. This book is major contribution to the ethics of criticism as well as to the renewal of aesthetics and the study of Marx s method." - Meaghan Morris, Department of Gender and Cultural Studies, University of Sydney, and Chair Professor, Department of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University, Hong Kong "This is a remarkable book on a topic on which there has been a lot of recent interest: the relevance of Marx and particularly of his method of analysis to the most pressing problems of our time. The author has an excellent grasp of Marx s own writings and of the most important literature dealing with this aspect of his work. The book is a fascinating short course on the history of recent (and not so recent) debates on the history of Marx s dialectical method." - Bertell Ollman, Department of Politics, NYU, and author of Dance of the Dialectic: Steps in Marx s MethodTable of ContentsMarx's Critique of Abstraction * Capitalism's Process of Self-Mystification * Marx's Theoretical Process I: Abstraction and Representation * Marx's Theoretical Process II: Historicizing the Dialectic * Mediation as Allegory: Reading Political Economy Through the Artwork of Geoffrey Farmer * The Aesthetics of Political Economy * Mapping the Collective Subject
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Palgrave MacMillan UK Karl Marx and Contemporary Philosophy
Book SynopsisThis collection brings together the latest work of some of the world's leading Marxist philosophers and new young researchers. Based upon work presented at meetings of the Marx and Philosophy Society, it offers a unique snapshot of the best current scholarship on the philosophical aspects and implications of Marx's thought.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction; A.Chitty & M.McIvor PART I: MARX AND HIS PREDECESSORS 'The Entire Mystery': Marx's Understanding of Hegel; J.McCarney Karl Marx's Philosophical Modernism: Post-Kantian Foundations of Historical Materialism; M.McIvor Marx, the European Tradition, and the Philosophic Radicals; S.Meikle PART II: MARX AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY Marx's Theory of Democracy in his Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of the State; G.Daremas Marx and Conservatism; A.Collier Forms of Right, Forms of Value: The Unity of Hegel's Philosophy of Right and Marx's Capital; R.Fine PART III: MARX ON LABOUR, MONEY AND CAPITAL Species-Being and Capital; A.Chitty Labour in Modern Industrial Society; S.Sayers The Concept of Money; C.Arthur Value, Money, and Capital in Hegel and Marx; P.Murray Abstraction and Productivity: Reflections on Formal Causality; W.Roberts PART IV: 20TH CENTURY MARXISM The Subject and Social Theory: Marx and Lukács on Hegel; M.Postone Multiple Returns: Althusser on Dialectics; J.Grant The Rationality of Analytical Marxism; R.Veneziani PART V: MARX AND FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY Marxism and Feminism: Living with your 'Ex'; T.Carver After Postmodernism: Feminism and Marxism Revisited; G.Howie Index
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Palgrave MacMillan UK Karl Marx on Technology and Alienation
Book SynopsisThe author draws on lesser known archival materials, including Marx's notebooks on women and patriarchy and technology to offer a new interpretation of Marx's concept of alienation as this concept develops in his later works.Trade Review'In this excellent book Wendling advances this debate very substantially by setting Marx's discussion of alienation in the context of the 19th-century (and later) attitude to the development of machinery...in my opinion anyone who writes at any length about alienation in Marx must address her work seriously and in depth.' - Mark Cowling, Studies in Marxism 'This is a scholarly and well argued treatment of some fundamental and central issues of Marxist theory which will be of great interest to readers in a wide range of disciplines. It presents what will be, to most readers, original and thought- provoking ideas and arguments in a lively and stimulating way' - Sean Sayers, University of Kent, UK 'Professor Wendling's project is an important one, and it is developed very well, in very interesting ways, and it will attract anyone who is interested in Marx's philosophy, philosophy of technology, and/or the critique of capitalism. Wendling demonstrates very well the ambivalence toward the human being and the human subject in Marx's work, and indeed she fills out this problem in ways that are remarkable, fascinating, and provocative' - Bill Martin, DePaul University, USATable of ContentsIntroduction Karl Marx's Concept of Alienation Machines and the Transformation of Work Machines in the Communist Future Machines in the Capitalist Reality Alienation Beyond Marx Notes References Index
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Palgrave MacMillan UK The RussellBradley Dispute and its Significance for Twentieth Century Philosophy History of Analytic Philosophy
Book SynopsisIn the early twentieth century, an apparently obscure philosophical debate took place between F.H. Bradley and Bertrand Russell. The outcome was momentous: the demise of British Idealism and the rise of analytic philosophy. Stewart Candlish examines afresh this formative period in twentieth-cenutry thought and comes to some surprising conclusions.Trade Review'What Candlish achieves is not only a detailed exploration of the philosophical dispute between Russell and Bradley (that is, between Analytical Philosophy and its immediate ancestor), but also an explanation of why that dispute is philosophically and historically significant. As such it is not only revealing about why Russell attached great importance to Bradley's criticisms; it is also compelling as a case for why those of us continuing to pursue the Russellian project have much to learn from revisiting the dispute.' - Graham Stevens, Department of Philosophy, University of Manchester 'Stewart Candlish's elegant, iconoclastic study of the Bradley/Russell dispute puts the arguments, the stakes, and the outcome into an entirely new perspective. It should be required reading for anyone even tempted by a Whiggish interpretation of the history of recent philosophy.' - James W. Allard, Department of History and Philosophy, Montana State University 'This excellent analysis of the dispute between Russell and Bradley makes a substantial contribution to our understanding of the origins of twentieth-century philosophy. Anchored in a detailed knowledge of the texts it advances beyond more simplistic versions of their disagreement to offer new and important analyses of the points at issue between these two great philosophers. It is a book that all subsequent scholars will need to take account of. The writing is as clear and precise as it is fluid and engaging.' - William Mander, Harris Manchester College, Oxford University 'Candlish offers an important contribution to the debate over British idealism and the origins of Analytic Philosophy, the clarity of which shows the benefits of teaching his material - a benefit which, he concedes, Bradley's obscure writings did not receive.' - Andy Hamilton, Durham University 'Stewart Candlish's book is to be warmly welcomed for its careful and instructive analyses Throughout the book, Candlish does a superb job in distinguishing what needs to be distinguished, in clarifying the philosophical problems, in charting the development of the relevant views of both Russell and Bradley, and in sorting out the confusions and misunderstandings on both sides.' Michael Beaney, Collingwood and British Idealism Studies 'This is a rich book...it is at once a valuable contribution to our understanding of the dispute between Russell and Bradley and to our understanding of the philosophical subject matter of that dispute.' - Jeff Speaks, Australian Journal of Philosophy 'Candlish's careful and insightful reexamination of a crucial episode in the early history of analytic philosophy is a very important addition to the existing literature on Bradley, Russell, and our recent past...It is highly recommended to anyone even slightly tempted by the idea that philosophy should leave its history behind.' - Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Philosophie '[a] thoughtful, careful, and gracefully written book.' - James Levine, Notre Dame Philosophical ReviewsTable of ContentsPreface The Stereotypical Picture of the Russell/Bradley Dispute Finding a Way into Bradley's Metaphysics Judgment Truth Grammar and Ontology Relations Decline and Fall Bibliography Index
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Palgrave Macmillan Utopia as Method The Imaginary Reconstitution of Society
Book SynopsisIn this major new work by one of the leading writers on Utopian Studies, Ruth Levitas argues that a prospective future of ecological and economic crises poses a challenge to the utopian imaginary, to conceive a better world and alternative future. Utopia as Method does not construe utopia as goal or blueprint, but as a holistic, reflexive method for developing what those possible futures might be. It begins by treating utopia as the quest for grace, through a hermeneutics that recovers the utopian meaning in our culture, explored through colour and music. Moving from the existential to the social, it draws on H. G. Wells''s claim that the creation of utopias is the distinctive and proper method of sociology, and on the tentative reappearance of utopia in contemporary social theory. It proposes a constructive method, the Imaginary Reconstitution of Society. This fusion of explicitly normative social theory and analytic critique rehabilitates utopia Trade Review'Levitas's Utopia as Method is a crucial and necessary book. In the face of global ecological and economic crises, she offers utopianism as a robust and realistic method that encompasses both a critique of the existing world and alternatives for a better one that can be mobilized in the process of transforming, indeed redeeming, the dark times in which we live.' - Tom Moylan, Professor Emeritus and Co-Director of the Ralahine Centre for Utopian Studies at the University of Limerick, Ireland 'Author of the path-breaking The Concept of Utopia Ruth Levitas has produced a new powerful reflection on the protean nature of the utopian. It is a very fine work, theoretically innovative, truly interdisciplinary, and combining scholarly integrity with a distinctive political voice. The meditations of a lifetime.' - Vincent Geoghegan, Professor of Political Theory, Queen's University Belfast, UK 'Ruth Levitas' Utopia as Method is a profound and deeply original exploration of the connection between utopian thinking and social theory, and an urgent call for sociologists to place the imaginary reconstruction of society at the centre of their work. It is a wonderful, inspiring book.' - Erik Olin Wright, Vilas Distinguished Professor, University of Wisconsin, USA 'This book is an indispensable support for deep change in trivial times, a testimonial to the transformative power of imagination, and a celebration of life as a journey that can find an echo across all cultures in our changing world.' - Jenneth Parker, Research Director, Schumacher Institute, UK 'In Utopia as Method, Levitas offers an urgent and convincing application of utopian theories to IROS (the Imaginary Reconstitution of Society). She builds on her magisterial earlier work The Concept of Utopia to persuade readers that the current era (late capitalism in its death throes) has made utopian thinking mandatory not self-indulgent or irrelevant. Levitas is to be congratulated for the depth of her argument, the clarity of its expression, and the honesty that lies at its heart.' - Toby Widdicombe, University of Alaska Anchorage, USATable of ContentsIntroduction PART I 1. From Terror to Grace 2. Riff on Blue 3. Echoes of Elsewhere PART II 4. Between Sociology and Utopia 5. Utopia Denied 6. Utopia Revised 7. The Return of the Repressed PART III 8. Utopia as Archaeology 9. Utopia as Ontology 10. Utopia as Architecture
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Palgrave MacMillan UK Albert Camus as Political Thinker Nihilisms and the Politics of Contempt
Book SynopsisAn intense genealogical reconstruction of Camus's political thinking challenging the philosophical import of his writings as providing an alternative, aesthetic understanding of politics, political action and freedom outside and against the nihilistic categories of modern political philosophy and the contemporary politics of contempt and terrorismsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Note on the Texts and Abbreviations Introduction: An 'Untimely' Political Thought for Serious Times The Twentieth Century Politics of Contempt 'Undisguised Influences' Tragic Beginnings An Artist's Point of View Commencement of Freedom The Absurd and Power Conclusion: Between Sade and the Dandy Notes Bibliography Index
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Palgrave MacMillan UK The Philosophy of Software Code and Mediation in the Digital Age
Book SynopsisThis book is a critical introduction to code and software that develops an understanding of its social and philosophical implications in the digital age. Written specifically for people interested in the subject from a non-technical background, the book provides a lively and interesting analysis of these new media forms.Trade Review'This is a beautifully written book that pulls off the difficult task of introducing the subject of software and the workings of code to the non specialist whilst also providing an original take of the philosophical and the cultural importance of Code in contemporary culture.' - Michael Bull, University of Sussex, UK 'The book is warmly recommended:[Berry's] understanding of software is fantastic. It reaches out to so many discussions and has so many implications that it is an engine in itself: it produces ideas.' - Jussi Parikka, Leonardo on-line 'What is important about The Philosophy of Software is that it really is about what it claims to be about. Rather than trying to shoehorn software into an existing philosophical or political agenda it considers software as a thing in itself and finds those philosophers and philosophical ideas that best address the vitally important phenomenon of software. However much philosophy, computer science or cybercultural theory you may know this is a book that will set you thinking about software anew.' - Rob Myers, Furtherfield 'One of the most prolific contributors to the CCSWGs, David M. Berry has also contributed one of the most extensive manuscripts on reading code and code culture. The Philosophy of Software contains chapters on the epistemology and ontology of code, reading and writing code, running code, and the phenomenology of code. Written for a general audience, the book reads several code examples including the Microsoft Windows 2000 source code and obfuscated code competitions.' - Mark C. Marino, Computational Culture, 2014Table of ContentsAcknowledgements The Idea of Code What is Code? Reading and Writing Code Running Code Towards a Phenomenology of Computation Real-Time Streams Bibliography Index
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Palgrave MacMillan UK The Good War NATO and the Liberal Conscience in Afghanistan
Book SynopsisThe Good War tackles the issue of NATO in Afghanistan, exploring NATO's evolution in the 1990s and blending NATO's transformation from a reactive defense organization into a pro-active risk manager with the ethic of liberalism. It raises questions such as why an alliance built upon the territorial defence of Europe ended up in Afghanistan.Trade Review'At a time when innumerable newspaper articles, journal essays and political speeches have added more heat than light to the NATO intervention in Afghanistan, M.J. Williams gives answers with real expertise, the right historical perspective and a sound political judgement. Based on extensive research and interviews with key players on both sides of the Atlantic, this book is essential reading for anyone, layman or strategist, who wants to understand what is really at stake for the Western democracies in Afghanistan.' Dr Jamie Shea, Director of Policy Planning, NATO HQ 'Engaging and illuminating, Williams offers an original and stimulating take on NATO's evolution and the liberal conscience while at the same time delivering a serious reality check to advocates of democratic imperialism.' Professor Christopher Coker, London School of Economics 'An excellent and comprehensive treatment of the topic.' Conor Foley, author of The Thin Blue Line: How Humanitarianism Went to WarTable of ContentsIntroduction On Wars: 'Good' and 'Bad' NATO in an Age of Risk Empires of Liberty The Hedgehog and the Fox: Euro-American Visions of 9/11 Soldiers of Misfortune International (Dis)Organization Empire Lite Beyond Crisis: NATO, Afghanistan and Security in a Networked World Epilogue Revisiting the Liberal Conscience
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Palgrave Macmillan Philosophy of Epidemiology New Directions in the Philosophy of Science
Book SynopsisEpidemiology is one of the fastest growing and increasingly important sciences. This thorough analysis lays out the conceptual foundations of epidemiology, identifying traps and setting out the benefits of properly understanding this fascinating and important discipline, as well as providing the means to do so.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Glossary 1. Why Philosophy of Epidemiology? 2. Philosophical and Epidemiological Basics 3. The Causal Interpretation Problem 4. Causal Inference, Translation, and Stability 5. Stable Causal Inference 6. Prediction 7. Making and Assessing Epidemiological Predictions 8. Puzzles of Attributability 9. Risk Relativism, Interaction, and the Shadow of Physics 10. Multifactorialism and Beyond 11. Epidemiology and the Law 12. Conclusion: Thinking is Good For You Notes Cases References Index
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Palgrave MacMillan UK Thuggee Banditry and the British in Early NineteenthCentury India Cambridge Imperial and PostColonial Studies
Book SynopsisIn the early twentieth century, an apparently obscure philosophical debate took place between F.H. Bradley and Bertrand Russell. The outcome was momentous: the demise of British Idealism and the rise of analytic philosophy. Stewart Candlish examines afresh this formative period in twentieth-cenutry thought and comes to some surprising conclusions.Trade Review'What Candlish achieves is not only a detailed exploration of the philosophical dispute between Russell and Bradley (that is, between Analytical Philosophy and its immediate ancestor), but also an explanation of why that dispute is philosophically and historically significant. As such it is not only revealing about why Russell attached great importance to Bradley's criticisms; it is also compelling as a case for why those of us continuing to pursue the Russellian project have much to learn from revisiting the dispute.' - Graham Stevens, Department of Philosophy, University of Manchester 'Stewart Candlish's elegant, iconoclastic study of the Bradley/Russell dispute puts the arguments, the stakes, and the outcome into an entirely new perspective. It should be required reading for anyone even tempted by a Whiggish interpretation of the history of recent philosophy.' - James W. Allard, Department of History and Philosophy, Montana State University 'This excellent analysis of the dispute between Russell and Bradley makes a substantial contribution to our understanding of the origins of twentieth-century philosophy. Anchored in a detailed knowledge of the texts it advances beyond more simplistic versions of their disagreement to offer new and important analyses of the points at issue between these two great philosophers. It is a book that all subsequent scholars will need to take account of. The writing is as clear and precise as it is fluid and engaging.' - William Mander, Harris Manchester College, Oxford University 'Candlish offers an important contribution to the debate over British idealism and the origins of Analytic Philosophy, the clarity of which shows the benefits of teaching his material - a benefit which, he concedes, Bradley's obscure writings did not receive.' - Andy Hamilton, Durham University 'Stewart Candlish's book is to be warmly welcomed for its careful and instructive analyses Throughout the book, Candlish does a superb job in distinguishing what needs to be distinguished, in clarifying the philosophical problems, in charting the development of the relevant views of both Russell and Bradley, and in sorting out the confusions and misunderstandings on both sides.' Michael Beaney, Collingwood and British Idealism Studies 'This is a rich book...it is at once a valuable contribution to our understanding of the dispute between Russell and Bradley and to our understanding of the philosophical subject matter of that dispute.' - Jeff Speaks, Australian Journal of Philosophy 'Candlish's careful and insightful reexamination of a crucial episode in the early history of analytic philosophy is a very important addition to the existing literature on Bradley, Russell, and our recent past...It is highly recommended to anyone even slightly tempted by the idea that philosophy should leave its history behind.' - Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Philosophie '[a] thoughtful, careful, and gracefully written book.' - James Levine, Notre Dame Philosophical ReviewsTable of ContentsPreface The Stereotypical Picture of the Russell/Bradley Dispute Finding a Way into Bradley's Metaphysics Judgment Truth Grammar and Ontology Relations Decline and Fall Bibliography Index
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Palgrave MacMillan UK Violence A Philosophical Anthology
Book SynopsisIn this first anthology of major philosophical contributions on the nature and justifiability of violence over the last 100 years , three basic questions are scrutinized: 'What is violence?', 'Is violence always wrong?', and 'Can violence be justified?'.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction; V.Bufacchi Force, Violence and Law and Force and Coercion; J.Dewey Commentary on Dewey The Economic Meaning of War and Protection; F.C.Lane Commentary on Lane Violence and the Western Political Tradition; S.S.Wolin Commentary on Wolin On Violence; R.P.Wolff Commentary on Wolff Justifying Violence; B.Gert Commentary on Gert Violence, Peace and Peace Research; J.Galtung Commentary on Galtung What is Wrong with Violence; G.C.MacCallum Commentary on MacCallum On the Meaning and Justification of Violence; R.Audi Commentary on Audi What Violence Is; N.Garver Commentary on Garver The Marxist Conception of Violence; J.Harris Commentary on Harris On Justifying Violence; K.Nielsen Commentary on Nielsen The Idea of Violence; C.A.J.Coady Commentary on Coady Violence and the Perspective of Morality; R.L.Holmes Commentary on Holmes Violence and Power; R.F.Litke Commentary on Litke The Different Categories of Violence; J.Salmi Commentary on Salmi Poverty and Violence; S.Lee Commentary on Lee Outliving Oneself; S.J.Brison Commentary on Brison Thinking Clearly about Violence; A.Bäck Commentary on Bäck Index
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