Rawlsian Explorations in Religion and Applied Philosophy
Title | Rawlsian Explorations in Religion and Applied Philosophy PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel A. Dombrowski |
Publisher | Penn State Press |
Pages | 143 |
Release | 2015-08-26 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0271073853 |
To probe the underlying premises of a liberal political order, John Rawls felt obliged to use a philosophical method that abstracted from many of the details of ordinary life. But this very abstraction became a point of criticism, as it left unclear the implications of his theory for public policies and life in the real political world. Rawlsian Explorations in Religion and Applied Philosophy attempts to ferret out those implications, filling the gap between Rawls’s own empyrean heights and the really practical public policy proposals made by government planners, lobbyists, and legislators. Among the topics examined are natural rights, the morality of war, the treatment of mentally deficient humans and nonhuman sentient creatures, the controversies over legacy and affirmative action in college admissions, and the place of religious belief in a democratic society. The final chapter explores how Rawls’s own religious beliefs, as revealed in two works posthumously published in 2009, played into his formulation of his theory of justice.
Explorations in Philosophy and Society
Title | Explorations in Philosophy and Society PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Cunneen |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 1978-01-01 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9789060320808 |
Social Philosophy
Title | Social Philosophy PDF eBook |
Author | Gerald F. Gaus |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 289 |
Release | 2015-03-04 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1317459679 |
This accessible introductory text discusses how people in a pluralistic society such as ours can accept a common social ethic - a publicly justified morality. It presents analyses of the basic concepts, including justifications of liberty, harm to others, private property rights, distributive justice, environmental harms, help to others and offensive behaviour. Gaus acquaints the reader with the major figures in social philosophy - John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, David Hume, John Rawls, David Gauthier, and Joel Feinberg - as well as recent communitarian philosophers. The basic technical aspects of social philosophy are also introduced: game theory, social choice theory, the ideas rational action, rational bargaining, and public goods. Throughout, helpful short examples and stories are used to illustrate the material.
Explorations in Phenomenology
Title | Explorations in Phenomenology PDF eBook |
Author | David Carr |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 450 |
Release | 2012-12-06 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9401019991 |
Contrary to popular belief, professional philosophers want and need to be heard. Lacking a large and general public in this country, they turn to audiences of peers and rivals. But these audiences are found either in giant, unfocused professional bodies, or in restrictive groups of specialists. In this respect, the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy can claim a unique role among academic organizations in this country. Now in its tenth year, it has become one of the most important forums in America for the open exchange of ideas. The Society has grown considerably since its founding, and its annual meetings attract scholars in philosophy and other disciplines from across the country and abroad. But these meetings differ markedly from others: too large to be dominated by any single clique or doctrine, they are at the same time small enough to encourage lively discussion within its organized sessions and not just in the corridors outside. The Society derives its focus from the two closely allied philosophical "directions" indicated in its title. Yet from the beginning it has included in its meetings a sizeable number of contributors who are not identified with or even sympathetic to these directions, but are at least willing to engage in a dialogue with those who are. Furthermore, the Society has accomplished to a limited degree something rare indeed in American intellectual life: an interdisciplinary ex- 2 INTRODUCTION change.
Explorations in Phenomenology
Title | Explorations in Phenomenology PDF eBook |
Author | David Carr |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 448 |
Release | 1974-01-31 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9789024715619 |
Contrary to popular belief, professional philosophers want and need to be heard. Lacking a large and general public in this country, they turn to audiences of peers and rivals. But these audiences are found either in giant, unfocused professional bodies, or in restrictive groups of specialists. In this respect, the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy can claim a unique role among academic organizations in this country. Now in its tenth year, it has become one of the most important forums in America for the open exchange of ideas. The Society has grown considerably since its founding, and its annual meetings attract scholars in philosophy and other disciplines from across the country and abroad. But these meetings differ markedly from others: too large to be dominated by any single clique or doctrine, they are at the same time small enough to encourage lively discussion within its organized sessions and not just in the corridors outside. The Society derives its focus from the two closely allied philosophical "directions" indicated in its title. Yet from the beginning it has included in its meetings a sizeable number of contributors who are not identified with or even sympathetic to these directions, but are at least willing to engage in a dialogue with those who are. Furthermore, the Society has accomplished to a limited degree something rare indeed in American intellectual life: an interdisciplinary ex- 2 INTRODUCTION change.
Explorations in Phenomenology
Title | Explorations in Phenomenology PDF eBook |
Author | David Carr |
Publisher | |
Pages | 448 |
Release | 1973 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Explorations in Ancient and Modern Philosophy
Title | Explorations in Ancient and Modern Philosophy PDF eBook |
Author | M. F. Burnyeat |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 393 |
Release | 2012-06-14 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0521750725 |
The first of two volumes collecting the published work of one of the greatest living ancient philosophers, M.F. Burnyeat.