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Book SynopsisThe essays in this book engage the original and controversial claims from Michael Boylan's A Just Society. Each essay discusses Boylan's claims from a particular chapter and offers a critical analysis of these claims. Boylan responds to the essays in his lengthy and philosophically rich reply.
Trade ReviewMichael Boylan’s book A Just Society challenges old assumptions and advances a new analytical framework for understanding social justice. This important collection provides not only a full and vigorous engagement with Boylan’s novel moral-political theory, but also a fresh set of views on the nature, meaning and prospects of a just society today. -- Patrick Hayden, University of St. Andrews
This volume is a sharp and comprehensive assessment of Michael Boylan’s A Just Society that will stimulate further debate on the timeless topic of justice. -- Doris Schroeder, University of Central Lancashire
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Becoming Moral Agents: On the Personal Worldview Imperative Chapter 3 A Feminist Personal Worldview Imperative Chapter 4 Justification in Ethics: Desiring to Be Good and Ethical Commendation Chapter 5 Justification in Ethics Chapter 6 On the Possibility of a Hierarchy of Moral Goods Chapter 7 Michael Boylan on Religion and Ethics: An Appreciative Theological Assessment Chapter 8 Extinguishing Desire: Not a Simple Plan at All Chapter 9 Diversity and the Common Body of Knowledge Chapter 10 On Justice Chapter 11 Justice in "A Just Society" Chapter 12 Public Policy: Moving Toward Moral Cosmopolitanism Chapter 13 Establishing Global Health Obligations Amid Ethical Diversity: A Commentary on Boylan's "A Just Society" Chapter 14 Ethics, Metaethics, Political Theory, and Policy: A Reply to My Colleagues Part 15 Definitions
