The Moral Foundations of Politics

by Ian Shapiro

• ISBN13: 9780300079081
• ISBN10: 0300079087
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2004-08-11
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

Ian Shapiro investigates this political dilemma, evaluating answers that have been proposed in the utilitarian, Marxist, social contract, anti-Enlightenment, and democratic traditions. "InThe Moral Foundations of Politics,Shapiro reaffirms his place as one of the very clearest and most resolute, and most solidly grounded, practitioners in the political theory field in this generation."Adolph Reed, Jr., New School for Social Research "Blending sophisticated political science (including insightful rational choice calculations) with clarity that makes the book's subject accessible to neophytes, Professor Shapiro distills centuries of political theory into a slender volume."Harvard Law Review "A deeply valuable book at many levels. Shapiro shows an almost unique ability to combine the broad sweep with the telling detail or precise insight--just what a book of this sort needs."Jennifer Hochschild, Harvard University

Author Biography

Ian Shapiro is William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor and chairman of the department of political science at Yale University. Among his books are Democratic Justice and, with Donald Green, Pathologies of Rational Choice Theory, both published by Yale University Press.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Enlightenment Politics	p. 7
Classical Utilitarianism	p. 18
Synthesizing Rights and Utility	p. 37
Marxism	p. 71
The Social Contract	p. 109
Anti-Enlightenment Politics	p. 151
Democracy	p. 190
Democracy in the Mature Enlightenment	p. 224
Notes	p. 231
Index	p. 267
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