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| Preface | |
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| Political Agrument | |
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| Introduction: Social and Political Philosophy | |
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| Arguments | |
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| Political Arguments: Two Kinds of Premises/Reasons | |
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| Moral Evaluation | |
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| Moral Theories | |
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| Politics and Religion | |
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| The Organization of This Book | |
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| Anarchism, Authority, and Obedience | |
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| Authority and Obligation | |
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| Anarchism | |
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| Divine Right | |
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| The Superior Have Legitimate Authority over the Inferior | |
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| Consent | |
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| The Obligation of Gratitude | |
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| The Obligation of Fair Play | |
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| Anarchism Revisited | |
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| Conditions of Illegitimacy | |
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| Civil Disobedience | |
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| Violence and Political Action | |
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| Justice, Equality, and Rights | |
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| Justice | |
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| Treating People Equal in Relevant Respects Equally | |
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| Distributing Economic Goods and Services | |
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| Justice and Rights | |
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| The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights | |
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| Liberty | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Liberty as Group Self-Determination | |
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| Liberty as the Absence of Tyranny | |
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| Individual Freedom | |
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| John Stuart Mill and the Harm Principle | |
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| Feinberg: Four Possible Principles Legitimizing Coercion | |
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| Seven Basic Freedoms | |
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| Rawls and Liberty | |
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| Economic Inequality, Poverty, and Welfare Rights | |
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| Economic Inequality | |
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| Egalitarianism | |
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| Guaranteeing Welfare Rights | |
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| Liberalism | |
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| Libertarianism | |
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| Property Rights | |
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| Property | |
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| What Is Private Property? | |
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| Libertarian and Liberal Attitudes toward Property | |
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| Should There Be Individual Private Property? | |
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| Acquisition, Justification, and Limits of Private Property Rights | |
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| Contemporary Problems about Property | |
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| Justice, Property, and Taxes | |
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| Democracy | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Athenian Democracy | |
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| Roman Republicanism | |
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| Democratic Thought since the Ancient World | |
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| Degrees of Democratization | |
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| What's So Great about Democracy? | |
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| Wealth and Democracy | |
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| Free Markets, Globalization, and Democracy | |
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| What Form Should Participation Take? | |
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| Economic Democracy | |
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| Communitarianism | |
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| Introduction: Individuals and Communities | |
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| The Constructed Self | |
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| Radical (Market) Individualism | |
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| Government Neutrality and the Idea of the Good | |
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| Communitarianism: Between Liberalism and Libertarianism | |
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| Communitarianism and the Family | |
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| Marxism | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The World Marx and Engels Observed | |
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| Emancipation and Alienation | |
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| The Ideal of Commuism | |
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| Marxist Justice | |
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| Revolution | |
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| The Experience of Communism | |
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| Does Capitalism Necessarily Exploit Workers? | |
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| Is the Demise of Capitalism Inevitable? | |
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| Feminism and Sexual Equality | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Patriarchy Then and Now | |
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| John Stuart Mill: The Subjection of Women | |
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| Second-Wave Feminism in the United States | |
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| Women in the 21st-Century United States | |
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| The Current State of Women Outside the United States | |
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| Contemporary Feminist Theories | |
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| Politics and the Environment | |
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| Environmental Threats | |
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| International Declarations and Agreements on the Environment | |
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| Creating a Sustainable World | |
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| Opposition to Sustainability | |
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| Applying Moral Theories | |
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| Present versus Future People | |
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| Environmental Racism and Environmental Justice | |
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| Life-Centered versus Human-Centered Environmental Ethics | |
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| Albert Schweitzer and Reverence for Life | |
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| Life-Centered Ethics | |
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| War and Peace | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Costs of War | |
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| Pacifism | |
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| The Doctrine of Double Effect | |
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| Pacifism, Continued | |
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| The Just War Tradition | |
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| Justice in Fighting Wars | |
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| Deterrence with Weapons of Mass Destruction | |
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| Internet Texts | |
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| Index | |