Autonomy and Order A Communitarian Anthology

by Lehman, Edward W.; Lund, William R.; Wrong, Dennis H.; Joas, Hans; Kohler, Thomas C.; Zablocki, Benjamin D.; Tyler, Tom R.; Boeckmann, Robert; McWilliams, Wilson Carey; Lichterman, Paul; Schwartz, Shalom; Bardi, Anat; Rosenthal, Joel H.; Muirhead, J Russe

• ISBN13: 9780847697038
• ISBN10: 0847697037
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-28
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

This anthology of original essays by prominent political scientists, philosophers, and sociologists systematically advances our understanding of the movement's agenda. Using Amitiai Etzioni's The New Golden Rule as the guidepost for organizing conversations, the essays are structured around key questions that spring from Communitarian tenets.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction: Autonomy and Order	xi
Prologue: From Compliance to Community in the Works of Amitai Etzioni	xvii
Edward W. Lehman
Autonomy, Functionalism, and the Common Good: Some Liberal Doubts about The New Golden Rule	1	(22)
William R. Lund
Communitarianism, Human Nature, and the Spirit of the Times	23	(14)
Dennis H. Wrong
Procedure and Conviction: On Moral Dialogues	37	(20)
Hans Joas
The Integrity of Unrestricted Desire: Community, Values, and the Problem of Personhood	57	(14)
Thomas C. Kohler
What Can the Study of Communities Teach Us about Community?	71	(18)
Benjamin D. Zablocki
Defining Community: A Psychological Perspective	89	(22)
Tom R. Tyler
Robert Boeckmann
Community and Its Discontents: Politics and Etzioni's The New Golden Rule	111	(14)
Wilson Carey McWilliams
Integrating Diversity: Boundaries, Bonds, and the Greater Community in The New Golden Rule	125	(18)
Paul Lichterman
Communitarianism: The Issue of Relativism	143	(12)
Nicos Mouzelis
Moral Dialogue across Cultures: An Empirical Perspective	155	(30)
Shalom H. Schwartz
Anat Bardi
The Cycles of Moral Dialogue	185	(8)
Joel H. Rosenthal
Accounting for Order	193	(18)
J. Russell Muirhead
Toward an International Human Rights (and Responsibilities) Regime: Some Obstacles	211	(8)
Daniel A. Bell
Epilogue	219	(18)
Amitai Etzioni
Index	237	(8)
About the Contributors	245