Utilitarianism: Volume 26, Part 1

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• Utilitarianism and other aggregationist moral theories view the public interest or the general welfare as an aggregate of individual goods. But critic... Lees meer

Liberalism and Capitalism

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• What are the core values of liberalism, and how can they best be promoted? Liberals in the classical tradition championed individual freedom, limited ... Lees meer

Personal Identity: Volume 22, Part 2

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• What makes me the same person today that I was yesterday or will be tomorrow? In Plato's Symposium, Socrates observed that all of us are constantly un... Lees meer

Freedom of Speech

Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred D Miller, Jeffrey Paul

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• Freedom of expression will, as the essays in this volume illuminate, encounter new and continuing controversies in the twenty-first century. Advances ... Lees meer

Taxation, Economic Prosperity, and Distributive Justice: Volume 23, Part 2

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• What constitutes a just tax system, and what are its moral foundations? Should a society's tax regime be designed to achieve a just distribution of we... Lees meer

Freedom, Reason, and the Polis

Fred D Miller

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• What is the nature of law? Does our obligation to obey the law extend to unjust laws? From what source do lawmakers derive legitimate authority? What ... Lees meer

Democracy

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• The essays in this volume explore questions about democracy that are relevant to political philosophy and political theory. Some examine the difficult... Lees meer

Bioethics: Volume 19, Part 2

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• Fifteen philosophers, social scientists, and academic lawyers assess various aspects of bioethics. Some detail its development and challenge the field... Lees meer

New Essays in Political and Social Philosophy

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• Whether it is a result of nature, the consequence of a choice to escape the state of nature, or the outcome of some other process of deliberation, the... Lees meer

Moral Obligation: Volume 27, Part 2

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• The notion of obligation--of what an agent owes to himself, to others, or to society generally--occupies a central place in morality. But what are the... Lees meer

The Environment

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• Modern industrial societies have achieved a level of economic prosperity undreamed of in earlier times, but in the view of the contemporary environmen... Lees meer

Problems of Market Liberalism

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• The essays in this volume assess the strength and impact of market liberal or libertarian political theory, which, broadly conceived, advocates a more... Lees meer

What Should Constitutions Do?

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• The essays in this volume--written by prominent philosophers, political scientists, and legal scholars--address these questions and explore related is... Lees meer

Natural Rights Liberalism from Locke to Nozick: Volume 22, Part 1

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• This collection of essays is dedicated to the memory of the late Harvard philosopher Robert Nozick, who died in 2002. The publication of Nozick's Anar... Lees meer

Moral Knowledge

Jeffery Paul

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• The essays in this volume address some of the most enduring questions involved in the search for moral knowledge. Can morality be founded upon facts a... Lees meer

Human Flourishing

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• This volume examines human flourishing and its relationship to other key concepts in moral theory. Some essays question whether a theory of human natu... Lees meer

Autonomy: Volume 20, Part 2

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• As a central concept in moral and political philosophy, "autonomy" is generally understood as some form of self-governance or self-direction. Certain ... Lees meer

Self-Interest

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• These essays examine the nature of self-interest and the relationship between rationality and morality. Some challenge the assumption that morality is... Lees meer

Natural Rights Individualism and Progressivism in American Political Philosophy

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• The essays in this collection investigate two political traditions and their critical interactions. The first series of essays deals with the developm... Lees meer

The Right to Privacy

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• The essays is this volume--written by prominent philosophers and academic lawyers--examine various aspects of both the right to privacy and the roles ... Lees meer

Liberalism and the Economic Order

G Tyler Miller, Fred D Miller

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• With the collapse of Communist totalitarianism, the countries of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union face political instabililty and an uncerta... Lees meer

Objectivism, Subjectivism, and Relativism in Ethics: Volume 25, Part 1

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• Do we desire things because they are good, or are they good because we desire them? Objectivists answer that we desire things because they are good; s... Lees meer

Should Differences in Income and Wealth Matter?

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• The essays in this volume assess the empirical and theoretical questions raised by inequalities of income and wealth. Some consider empirical claims a... Lees meer

Justice and Global Politics: Volume 23, Part 1

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• Since the end of the Cold War, there has been increasing interest in the global dimensions of a host of public policy issues - issues involving war an... Lees meer