Boundaries and Allegiances : Problems of Justice and Responsibility in Liberal Thought.

This book - a collection of eleven essays by one of the most interesting moral philosophers currently writing - is written from a perspective that is at once sympathetic towards, and critical of, liberal political philosophy. The essays explore the capacity of liberal thought, and of the moral tradi...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Scholarship Online 2001.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. Responsibility, Reactive Attitudes, and Liberalism in Philosophy and Politics
  • 2. Individual Responsibility in a Global Age
  • 3. Families, Nations, and Strangers
  • 4. Liberalism, Nationalism, and Egalitarianism
  • 5. The Conflict between Justice and Responsibility
  • 6. Relationships and Responsibilities
  • 7. Conceptions of Cosmopolitanism
  • 8. The Appeal of Political Liberalism
  • 9. Rawls and Utilitarianism
  • 10. Justice and Desert in Liberal Theory
  • 11. Morality Through Thick and Thin: A Critical Notice of Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy
  • Index
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • Z.