(Ebook) Social and Political Philosophy Contemporary Perspectives 1st Edition by James P Sterba ISBN 9780415217965 0415217962

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Author: James P Sterba

(Ebook) Social and Political Philosophy Contemporary Perspectives 1st Edition Table of contents:

Part I: Introduction

Justice for Here and Now

From Rationality to Morality

From Liberty to Equality

From Equality to Feminism

From Feminism to Multiculturalism

From Anthropocentrism to Nonanthropocentrism

From Just War Theory to Pacifism

Conclusion

Notes

Part II: Foundations of Social and Political Philosophy

Moral Methodology

1. On the History, Nature and Disadvantages of Warmaking Philosophy

I. Philosophical Warfare: Whence and Why

II. Evaluating Moral Methodologies

Conclusion

Notes

Rationality

2. The Rational Justification of Morality Revisited

I

II

Notes

3. Theoretical Versus Practical Rationality

Part III: Alternative Social and Political Perspectives

Libertarianism

4. Libertarian Justice

The Nature of Justice

Libertarian Justice

Justice As Liberty

Libertarianism and Individual Sovereignty

Protecting Rights the Highest Public Good

Cases In Point

Rights and Sovereignty

Libertarianism Versus Democracy

The Risks of Liberty

The Integrity of Law

What Governments Are for

Rights and Relativism

Universalism and Libertarianism

Human Nature and Human Rights

Libertarianism and Community

Liberty In Context

Notes

5. Letting People Be People and the Right to Property

1. Liberty As the Indicated Choice

2. Mutual Aid

3. Sterba’s Scenario of Rich and Poor

4. The Right of Private Property

Notes

Welfare Liberalism

6. What (Welfare) Justice Owes Care

From Libertarianism to Welfarism—Maybe, Maybe Not

From Liberty to WelfareS

From WelfareS to WelfareE

From WelfareE to WelfareC: The Demands of Dependency

Reconciling WelfareC and Libertarian Principles

WelfareC, “Welfarizing” Care

Welfarizing Care and Women’s Equality

Justifying the Welfarization of Care

The Vision: What Would a Welfarized Care and a Caring Welfare Look Like?

Notes

References

7. Liberalism and Freedom

I

II

Notes

Virtue Ethics and Community

8. Justice As a Virtue

Justice As a Personal Virtue

Is Justice As a Virtue “Relative”?

Morality Versus Self-interest: An Untenable Dualism

Back to Basics?

Conclusion

Notes

References

9. Justice, Community, and the Limits to Autonomy

1. The Case of Gretchen

2. Justice

3. The Limits of Autonomy

Notes

Socialism

10. Socialism and Egalitarian Justice

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

Notes

References

11. Democratic Egalitarianism

Notes

Part IV: Challenges to Social and Political Philosophy

Feminism

12. Feminism and the Objects of Justice

1. Feminism and the Objects of Political Justice

2. Feminism and the Objects of Economic Justice

3. Feminism and the Objects of Cultural Justice

4. Feminism and the Objects of Social Justice

5. Androgyny

Notes

Bibliography

13. Justice for Here and Now or There and Then?

I. Specific Concerns

II. General Concerns

III. Conclusion

Notes

Lesbian and Gay Perspectives

14. Routes to Lake Wobegon

Notes

15. Justice for Glenn and Stacy: On Gender, Morality, and Gay Rights

Gender and the Androgynous Society

The Moral Equivalence of Homosexuality and Heterosexuality

Conclusion

Notes

Racial and Multicultural Perspectives

16. White Supremacy and Racial Justice, Here and Now

1. Challenging the Orthodox Framework

2. Critical Race Theory

3. White Supremacy and Racial Justice

4. Conclusion

Notes

17. The Relationship Between the Justice of the State and the Justice of Persons

Notes

Environmentalism

18. Enforcing Environmental Ethics: Civic Law and Natural Value

1. Legislating Environmental Care

2. Concern and Concert; Cheating and Coercion

3. Democratic Environmental Ethics

4. Human Rights, Responsibilities, and Caring for Nature

5. Humans Versus Nature

6. Global Enforcement: Nature and the Nations

References

19. The Moral Status of Nonhuman Life

Sterba’s Rejection of Anthropocentrism

Sterba’s Justification for Human Preference

Defining Intrinsic Value

The Intrinsic Value of Life

Sentience and Moral Status

Mental Complexity and Sophistication

Moral Agency and Basic Moral Rights

Relational Properties and Moral Status

Revising Sterba’s Principles

Six Principles of Moral Status

Altruism Toward Nonhuman Life

Conclusion

Notes

Part V: The Application of Social and Political Philosophy to Nonideal Conditions

Just War Theory and Pacifism

20. Pacifism for Nonpacifists

I

II

III

IV

Notes

Civil Disobedience and Revolutionary Action

21. The Moral Self In the Face of Injustice

I. History: Morally Noble Behavior

II. The Moral Sentiments

III. A Moral Burden

IV. The Demands of Justice: Bearing Witness to Dignity

V. The Moral Self

References

Part VI: Conclusion

Toward Reconciliation In Social and Political Philosophy

Moral Methodology

Rationality

Libertarianism

Welfare Liberalism

Virtue Ethics and Community

Socialism

Feminism

Lesbian and Gay Perspectives

Racial and Multicultural Perspectives

Environmentalism

Pacifism and Just War Theory

Civil Disobedience and Revolutionary Action

Notes

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