Boundaries and Allegiances Problems of Justice and Responsibility in Liberal Thought

Name: Boundaries and Allegiances Problems of Justice and Responsibility in Liberal Thought
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ISBN: 9780199257676

ISBN-10: 0199257671

ISBN-13: 9780199257676

Edition: 2003

Authors: Samuel Scheffler

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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 traditions on which it draws, to accommodate a variety of challenges posed by the changing circumstances of the modern world. The essays consider how, in an era of rapid globalization, when people's lives are structured by social arrangements and institutions of ever increasing size, complexity, and scope, we can best conceive of the responsibilities of individual agents and the normative significance of…

Book details

List price: $72.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/13/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 228
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Boundaries And Allegiances


Boundaries and Allegiances


Introduction



Responsibility, Reactive Attitudes, and Liberalism in Philosophy and Politics*



Individual Responsibility in a Global Age*



Families, Nations, and Strangers*



Liberalism, Nationalism, and Egalitarianism*



The Conflict Between Justice and Responsibility*



Relationships and Responsibilities *



Conceptions of Cosmopolitanism*



The Appeal of Political Liberalism *



Rawls and Utilitarianism*



Justice and Desert in Liberal Theory *



Morality Through Thick and Thin: A Critical Notice of Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy*


Index