Debates in Contemporary Political Philosophy: An Anthology

by Matravers,Derek

• ISBN13: 9780415302111
• ISBN10: 0415302110
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781134415908
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2003-01-31
• Publisher: Routledge
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Summary

This book provides a comprehensive collection of influential essays that present a balanced survey of the major ideas that have come out of this area of study in the last two decades. Each article has been carefully chosen to enable any student of political philosophy to grasp the main debates within the topic. Clearly divided into two parts, Part One deals with fundamental philosophical issues: the nature of social explanation; distributive justice and liberalism and communitarianism. Part Two contains seminal papers in more specific areas: citizenship and multiculturalism; nationalism; democracy and criminal justice. Readings from the following thinkers are included: Lukes, Nozick, Rawls, Parekh, Walzer, Elster, Frankfurt, Gutmann, Barry, Duff, Cohen, Parfit, Taylor, Scruton, von Hirsch, Wright, Sandel, Young, MacIntyre. The readings represent a range of views and demonstrate the richness of the philosophical contribution to political thought. Each section has an introduction by theeditors that situates the papers in the ongoing debate and Further Reading sections feature at the end of each chapter.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	ix
Introduction	1	(4)
Part 1 The philosophy of social explanation	5	(62)
Introduction	7	(5)
Methodological individualism	12	(10)
Steven Lukes
Marxism, functionalism, and game theory: a case for methodological individualism	22	(19)
Jon Elster
Reply to Elster on ``Marxism, functionalism, and game theory''	41	(13)
G.A. Cohen
Marxism and methodological individualism	54	(13)
Erik Olin Wright
Andrew Levine
Elliott Sober
Part 2 Distributive justice	67	(66)
Introduction	69	(4)
Distributive justice	73	(9)
Robert Nozick
Equality as a moral ideal	82	(18)
Harry Frankfurt
Where the action is: on the site of distributive justice	100	(15)
G.A. Cohen
Equality and priority	115	(18)
Derek Parfit
Part 3 Liberalism and communitarianism	133	(80)
Introduction	135	(5)
Liberalism and the limits of justice	140	(20)
Michael Sandel
The domain of the political and overlapping consensus	160	(22)
John Rawls
Communitarian critics of liberalism	182	(13)
Amy Gutmann
Cross-purposes: the liberal--communitarian debate	195	(18)
Charles Taylor
Part 4 Citizenship and multiculturalism	213	(52)
Introduction	215	(4)
Polity and group difference: a critique of the ideal of universal citizenship	219	(20)
Iris Marion Young
Contemporary liberal responses to diversity	239	(9)
Bhikhu Parekh
Theories of group rights	248	(17)
Brian Barry
Part 5 Nationalism	265	(54)
Introduction	267	(4)
In defence of the nation	271	(15)
Roger Scruton
Is patriotism a virtue?	286	(15)
Alasdair Macintyre
In defence of nationality	301	(18)
David Miller
Part 6 Democracy	319	(62)
Introduction	321	(4)
The market and the forum: three varieties of political theory	325	(17)
Jon Elster
Deliberation and democratic legitimacy	342	(19)
Joshua Cohen
Philosophy and democracy	361	(20)
Michael Walzer
Part 7 Punishment	381	(67)
Introduction	383	(4)
Punishment, communication and community	387	(21)
Antony Duff
Punishment, penance and the state: a reply to Duff	408	(20)
Andrew Von Hirsch
Appendix: response to von Hirsch	423	(5)
Antony Duff
The justification of general deterrence	428	(20)
Daniel Farrell
Index	448