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Purpose in the Universe : The Moral and Metaphysical Case for Ananthropocentric Purposivism Tim Mulgan Oxford University Press, USA, Hardcover, 2015

Two familiar worldviews dominate Western philosophy: materialist atheism and the benevolent God of the Abrahamic faiths. Tim Mulgan explores a third way. Ananthropocentric Purposivism claims that there is a cosmic purpose, but human beings are irrelevant to it.__Purpose in the Universe__ develops a philosophical case for Ananthropocentric Purposivism that it is at least as strong as the case for either theism or atheism. The book borrows traditional theist arguments to defend a cosmic purpose. These include cosmological, teleological, ontological, meta-ethical, and mystical arguments. It then borrows traditional atheist arguments to reject a human-centred purpose. These include arguments based on evil, diversity, and the scale of the universe. Mulgan also highlights connections between morality and metaphysics, arguing that evaluative premises play a crucial and underappreciated role in metaphysical debates about the existence of God, and Ananthropocentric Purposivism mutually supports an austere consequentialist morality based on objective values. He concludes that, by drawing on a range of secular and religious ethical traditions, a non-human-centred cosmic purpose can ground a distinctive human morality. Our moral practices, our view of the moral universe, and our moral theory are all transformed if we shift from the familiar choice between a universe without meaning and a universe where humans matter to the less self-aggrandising thought that, while it is about __something__, the universe is not about __us__.

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Future People - A Moderate Consequentialist Account of Our Obligations to Future Generations Mulgan, Tim. Oxford University PressOxford, First Edition, 2006

## Abstract This book develops a new theory of the obligations to future generations, based on a new Rule Consequentialist account of the morality of individual reproduction. The result is a coherent, intuitively plausible moral theory that is not unreasonably demanding — even when extended to cover future people — and that accounts for a wide range of independently plausible intuitions covering individual morality, intergenerational justice, and international justice. In particular, it is superior to its two main rivals in this area: person-affecting theories and traditional Consequentialism. The former fall foul of Parfit’s Non-Identity Problem, while the latter are invariably implausibly demanding. Furthermore, many puzzles in contemporary value theory (such as Parfit’s Repugnant Conclusion) are best solved if strict Consequentialism is abandoned for a more moderate alternative. The heart of the book is the first systematic exploration of the Rule Consequentialist account of the morality of individual reproduction. This yields a strong commitment to reproductive freedom, and also provides the best foundation for a liberal theory of intergenerational and international justice. The final chapters argue that while it will include a Rule Consequentialist account of the morality of reproduction, the best overall moral theory is likely to be a composite one, such as the Combined Consequentialism the author developed in The Demands of Consequentialism.

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Utilitarismo (Coleção Pensamento Moderno) Tim Mulgan; Fábio Creder Editora Vozes, Bookwire Brasil, Petrópolis, 2012

Utilitarianism - a philosophy based on the principle of the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people - has been hugely influential over the past two centuries. Beyond ethics or morality, utilitarian assumptions and arguments abound in modern economic and political life, especially in public policy. An understanding of utilitarianism is indeed essential to any understanding of contemporary society. "Understanding Utilitarianism" presents utilitarianism very much as a living tradition. The book begins with a summary of the classical utilitarianism of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Subsequent chapters trace the development of the central themes of utilitarian thought over the twentieth century, covering such questions as: What is happiness? Is happiness the only valuable thing? Is utilitarianism about acts or rules or institutions? Is utilitarianism unjust, or implausibly demanding, or impractical? and Where might utilitarianism go in the future?

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理解功利主义 = Understanding utilitarianism 蒂姆·莫尔根山东人民出版社, Di 1 ban, Jinan, 2012

《理解功利主义》主要内容包括:古典功利主义、功利主义的论证、安康、非正义与苛求、行为、规则与制度、结果论、实践性、功利主义的未来等。功利主义,即效益主义是道德哲学(伦理学)中的一个理论。提倡追求“最大幸福”。主要哲学家有约翰·史都华·米尔、杰瑞米·边沁等。

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Purpose in the Universe : The Moral and Metaphysical Case for Ananthropocentric Purposivism Tim Mulgan IRL Press at Oxford University Press, Oxford University Press USA, New York, NY, 2015

Two familiar worldviews dominate Western philosophy: materialist atheism and the benevolent God of the Abrahamic faiths. Tim Mulgan explores a third way. Ananthropocentric Purposivism claims that there is a cosmic purpose, but human beings are irrelevant to it.__Purpose in the Universe__ develops a philosophical case for Ananthropocentric Purposivism that it is at least as strong as the case for either theism or atheism. The book borrows traditional theist arguments to defend a cosmic purpose. These include cosmological, teleological, ontological, meta-ethical, and mystical arguments. It then borrows traditional atheist arguments to reject a human-centred purpose. These include arguments based on evil, diversity, and the scale of the universe. Mulgan also highlights connections between morality and metaphysics, arguing that evaluative premises play a crucial and underappreciated role in metaphysical debates about the existence of God, and Ananthropocentric Purposivism mutually supports an austere consequentialist morality based on objective values. He concludes that, by drawing on a range of secular and religious ethical traditions, a non-human-centred cosmic purpose can ground a distinctive human morality. Our moral practices, our view of the moral universe, and our moral theory are all transformed if we shift from the familiar choice between a universe without meaning and a universe where humans matter to the less self-aggrandising thought that, while it is about __something__, the universe is not about __us__.

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The Moral Economists : R. H. Tawney, Karl Polanyi, E. P. Thompson, and the Critique of Capitalism Tim Rogan Princeton University Press, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2017

**A fresh look at how three important twentieth-century British thinkers viewed capitalism through a moral rather than material lens** What’s wrong with capitalism? Answers to that question today focus on material inequality. Led by economists and conducted in utilitarian terms, the critique of capitalism in the twenty-first century is primarily concerned with disparities in income and wealth. It was not always so. __The Moral Economists__ reconstructs another critical tradition, developed across the twentieth century in Britain, in which material deprivation was less important than moral or spiritual desolation. Tim Rogan focuses on three of the twentieth century’s most influential critics of capitalism―R. H. Tawney, Karl Polanyi, and E. P. Thompson. Making arguments about the relationships between economics and ethics in modernity, their works commanded wide readerships, shaped research agendas, and influenced public opinion. Rejecting the social philosophy of laissez-faire but fearing authoritarianism, these writers sought out forms of social solidarity closer than individualism admitted but freer than collectivism allowed. They discovered such solidarities while teaching economics, history, and literature to workers in the north of England and elsewhere. They wrote histories of capitalism to make these solidarities articulate. They used makeshift languages of “tradition” and “custom” to describe them until Thompson patented the idea of the “moral economy.” Their program began as a way of theorizing everything economics left out, but in challenging utilitarian orthodoxy in economics from the outside, they anticipated the work of later innovators inside economics. Examining the moral cornerstones of a twentieth-century critique of capitalism, __The Moral Economists__ explains why this critique fell into disuse, and how it might be reformulated for the twenty-first century.

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The Moral Economists : R. H. Tawney, Karl Polanyi, E. P. Thompson, and the Critique of Capitalism Polanyi, Karl;Rogan, Tim;Tawney, Richard Henry;Thompson, Edward Palmer Princeton University Press, 2018;2017

A fresh look at how three important twentieth-century British thinkers viewed capitalism through a moral rather than material lens What's wrong with capitalism? Answers to that question today focus on material inequality. Led by economists and conducted in utilitarian terms, the critique of capitalism in the twenty-first century is primarily concerned with disparities in income and wealth. It was not always so. The Moral Economists reconstructs another critical tradition, developed across the twentieth century in Britain, in which material deprivation was less important than moral or spiritual desolation. Tim Rogan focuses on three of the twentieth century's most influential critics of capitalism--R. H. Tawney, Karl Polanyi, and E. P. Thompson. Making arguments about the relationships between economics and ethics in modernity, their works commanded wide readerships, shaped research agendas, and influenced public opinion. Rejecting the social philosophy of laissez-faire but fearing authoritarianism, these writers sought out forms of social solidarity closer than individualism admitted but freer than collectivism allowed. They discovered such solidarities while teaching economics, history, and literature to workers in the north of England and elsewhere. They wrote histories of capitalism to make these solidarities articulate. They used makeshift languages of "tradition" and "custom" to describe them until Thompson patented the idea of the "moral economy." Their program began as a way of theorizing everything economics left out, but in challenging utilitarian orthodoxy in economics from the outside, they anticipated the work of later innovators inside economics. Examining the moral cornerstones of a twentieth-century critique of capitalism, The Moral Economists explains why this critique fell into disuse, and how it might be reformulated for the twenty-first century.

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The Moral Economists : R. H. Tawney, Karl Polanyi, E. P. Thompson, and the Critique of Capitalism Tim Rogan Princeton University Press Two Rivers Distribution [Distributor, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2017

A fresh look at how three important twentieth-century British thinkers viewed capitalism through a moral rather than material lens What's wrong with capitalism? Answers to that question today focus on material inequality. Led by economists and conducted in utilitarian terms, the critique of capitalism in the twenty-first century is primarily concerned with disparities in income and wealth. It was not always so. The Moral Economists reconstructs another critical tradition, developed across the twentieth century in Britain, in which material deprivation was less important than moral or spiritual desolation. Tim Rogan focuses on three of the twentieth century's most influential critics of capitalism—R. H. Tawney, Karl Polanyi, and E. P. Thompson. Making arguments about the relationships between economics and ethics in modernity, their works commanded wide readerships, shaped research agendas, and influenced public opinion. Rejecting the social philosophy of laissez-faire but fearing authoritarianism, these writers sought out forms of social solidarity closer than individualism admitted but freer than collectivism allowed. They discovered such solidarities while teaching economics, history, and literature to workers in the north of England and elsewhere. They wrote histories of capitalism to make these solidarities articulate. They used makeshift languages of "tradition" and "custom" to describe them until Thompson patented the idea of the "moral economy." Their program began as a way of theorizing everything economics left out, but in challenging utilitarian orthodoxy in economics from the outside, they anticipated the work of later innovators inside economics. Examining the moral cornerstones of a twentieth-century critique of capitalism, The Moral Economists explains why this critique fell into disuse, and how it might be reformulated for the twenty-first century.

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Understanding Utilitarianism (Understanding Movements in Modern Thought) Tim Mulgan Routledge, Taylor & Francis (Unlimited), Stocksfield [U.K.], 2007

Utilitarianism - a philosophy based on the principle of the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people - has been hugely influential over the past two centuries. Beyond ethics or morality, utilitarian assumptions and arguments abound in modern economic and political life, especially in public policy. An understanding of utilitarianism is indeed essential to any understanding of contemporary society. "Understanding Utilitarianism" presents utilitarianism very much as a living tradition. The book begins with a summary of the classical utilitarianism of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Subsequent chapters trace the development of the central themes of utilitarian thought over the twentieth century, covering such questions as: What is happiness? Is happiness the only valuable thing? Is utilitarianism about acts or rules or institutions? Is utilitarianism unjust, or implausibly demanding, or impractical? and Where might utilitarianism go in the future?

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Utilitarismo (Coleção Pensamento Moderno) Tim Mulgan; Fábio Creder Editora Vozes, Bookwire Brasil, Petrópolis, 2012

“O utilitarismo – filosofia baseada no princípio da maior felicidade para o maior número de pessoas – exerceu enorme influência ao longo dos últimos dois séculos. Além da ética, os pressupostos e argumentos utilitaristas abundam na vida econômica e política moderna, especialmente nas políticas públicas. Uma compreensão do utilitarismo é realmente essencial para qualquer compreensão da sociedade contemporânea. Utilitarismo apresenta essa corrente do pensamento filosófico em grande parte como uma tradição viva. O livro começa com um resumo do utilitarismo clássico dos séculos XVIII e XIX, enquanto os capítulos seguintes traçam a evolução dos temas centrais do pensamento utilitarista ao longo do século XX. Entre as questões abordadas estão: O que é a felicidade? É a felicidade a única coisa valiosa? Ocupa-se o utilitarismo dos atos, das normas ou das instituições? É o utilitarismo injusto, ou inadmissivelmente exigente, ou inviável? Qual poderá ser o futuro do utilitarismo?

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The Great Transformation - The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time Karl Polanyi Princeton University Press, 2001

A fresh look at how three important twentieth-century British thinkers viewed capitalism through a moral rather than material lens. What’s wrong with capitalism? Answers to that question today focus on material inequality. Led by economists and conducted in utilitarian terms, the critique of capitalism in the twenty-first century is primarily concerned with disparities in income and wealth. It was not always so. The Moral Economists reconstructs another critical tradition, developed across the twentieth century in Britain, in which material deprivation was less important than moral or spiritual desolation. Tim Rogan focuses on three of the twentieth century’s most influential critics of capitalism―R. H. Tawney, Karl Polanyi, and E. P. Thompson. Making arguments about the relationships between economics and ethics in modernity, their works commanded wide readerships, shaped research agendas, and influenced public opinion. Rejecting the social philosophy of laissez-faire but fearing authoritarianism, these writers sought out forms of social solidarity closer than individualism admitted but freer than collectivism allowed. They discovered such solidarities while teaching economics, history, and literature to workers in the north of England and elsewhere. They wrote histories of capitalism to make these solidarities articulate. They used makeshift languages of “tradition” and “custom” to describe them until Thompson patented the idea of the “moral economy.” Their program began as a way of theorizing everything economics left out, but in challenging utilitarian orthodoxy in economics from the outside, they anticipated the work of later innovators inside economics. Examining the moral cornerstones of a twentieth-century critique of capitalism, The Moral Economists explains why this critique fell into disuse, and how it might be reformulated for the twenty-first century.

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Understanding Utilitarianism (Understanding Movements in Modern Thought) Tim Mulgan Acumen Publishing Ltd, First Edition, 2007

Utilitarianism - a philosophy based on the principle of the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people - has been hugely influential over the past two centuries. Beyond ethics or morality, utilitarian assumptions and arguments abound in modern economic and political life, especially in public policy. An understanding of utilitarianism is indeed essential to any understanding of contemporary society. "Understanding Utilitarianism" presents utilitarianism very much as a living tradition. The book begins with a summary of the classical utilitarianism of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Subsequent chapters trace the development of the central themes of utilitarian thought over the twentieth century, covering such questions as: What is happiness? Is happiness the only valuable thing? Is utilitarianism about acts or rules or institutions? Is utilitarianism unjust, or implausibly demanding, or impractical? and Where might utilitarianism go in the future?

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Morality and Socially Constructed Norms Laura Valentini; Laura (Professor of Philosophy and Political Theory Valentini, Professor of Philosophy and Political Theory Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen) Oxford University Press USA, PT, 2024

Observe social distancing. Tip your waiter. Give priority to the elderly. Stop at the red light. Pay your taxes. Do not chew with your mouth open. These are imperatives we face every day, imposed upon us by norms that happen to be generally accepted in our environment. Call these 'socially constructed norms'. A constant presence in our lives, these norms elicit mixed feelings. On the one hand, we treat them as valid standards of behaviour and respond to their violation with emotions such disapproval, resentment, and guilt. On the other hand, we look at them with suspicion: after all, they are arbitrary human constructs that may contribute to oppression and injustice. In light of this ambivalence, it is important to have a criterion telling us when, if ever, we are morally bound by socially constructed norms and when we should instead disregard them. Morality and Socially Constructed Norms systematically develops such a criterion. It traces the moral significance of those norms to the agential commitments that underpin them, and explains why those commitments ought to be respected, provided the content of the corresponding norms is consistent with independent moral constraints. The book then explores the implications of this view for three core questions in moral, legal, and political philosophy: the grounding of moral rights, the obligation to obey the law, and the wrong of sovereignty violations. Morality and Socially Constructed Norms shows how much progress can be made in normative theorizing when we give socially constructed norms their (moral) due.

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The Moral, Social and Political Philosophy of the British Idealists William Sweet (ed.) Imprint Academic, 2009

The British idealists of the late 19th and early 20th century are best known for their contributions to metaphysics, logic, and political philosophy. Yet they also made important contributions to social and public policy, social and moral philosophy and moral education, as shown by this volume. Their views are not only important in their own right, but also bear on contemporary discussion in public policy and applied ethics. Among the authors discussed are Green, Caird, Ritchie, Bradley, Bosanquet, Jones, McTaggart, Pringle-Pattison, Webb, Ward, Mackenzie, Hetherington, Muirhead, Collingwood and Oakeshott. The writings of idealist philosophers from Canada, South Africa, and India are also examined. Contributors include Avital Simhony, Darin Nesbitt, Carol A. Keene, Stamatoula Panagakou, David Boucher, Leslie Armour, Jan Olof Bengtsson, Thom Brooks, James Connelly, Philip MacEwen, Efraim Podoksik, Elizabeth Trott and William Sweet. Idealism,metaphysics,social policy,public policy,moral philosophy,social philosophy,moral education,ethics,Green,Caird,Ritchie,Bradley,Bosanquet,Jones,McTaggart,Pringle Pattison,Webb,Ward,Mackenzie,Hetherington,Muirhead,Collingwood,Oakeshott,self realisation,liberalism,duty

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Utilitarianism (Elements in Ethics) Tim Mulgan Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing), Cambridge Elements: Elements In Ethics, Paperback, 2020

"Moral theories can be distinguished, not only by the answers they give, but also by the questions they ask. Utilitarianism's central commitment is to the promotion of well-being, impartially considered. This commitment shapes utilitarianism in a number of ways. If scarce resources should be directed where they will best promote well-being, and if theoretical attention is a scarce resource, then moral theorists should focus on topics that are most important to the future promotion of well-being. A theme of this Element is that, as times change, the priorities (both practical and theoretical) of utilitarianism also change. Questions that were once theoretical curiosities move centre stage. And themes from earlier utilitarians that have become unfashionable may come to the fore again. Utilitarianism is a living tradition, not an abstract set of timeless principles or a purely historical artefact."-- Back cover

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State Punishment: Political Principles and Community Values Nicola Lacey; Professor of Law Gender and Social Policy Nicola Lacey Psychology Press, International Library of Philosophy, 01, 1994

Nicola Lacey presents a new approach to the question of the moral justification of punishment by the State. She focuses on the theory of punishments in context of other political questions, such as the nature of political obligation and the function and scope of criminal law. Arguing that no convincing set of justifying reasons has so far been produced, she puts forward a theory of punishments which places the values of the community at its centre.`Its arguments ... pursuade us that there are indeed fresh lines of inquiry to be pursued, and that these may prove well worth pursuing.' - Times Higher Education Supplement `This book makes a substantial contribution to the punishment debate, and has a claim on any legal theorist's attention.' - Criminal Law Review `This carefully constructed and persistently argued book is impressive and demanding of our attention.' - Times Literary Supplement `One is greatly indebted to Lacey for bringing so many issues so clearly and cogently together.' - Utilitas

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State Punishment: Political Principles and Community Values Nicola Lacey; Professor of Law Gender and Social Policy Nicola Lacey Psychology Press, International Library of Philosophy, 01, 1994

Nicola Lacey presents a new approach to the question of the moral justification of punishment by the State. She focuses on the theory of punishments in context of other political questions, such as the nature of political obligation and the function and scope of criminal law. Arguing that no convincing set of justifying reasons has so far been produced, she puts forward a theory of punishments which places the values of the community at its centre.`Its arguments ... pursuade us that there are indeed fresh lines of inquiry to be pursued, and that these may prove well worth pursuing.' - Times Higher Education Supplement `This book makes a substantial contribution to the punishment debate, and has a claim on any legal theorist's attention.' - Criminal Law Review `This carefully constructed and persistently argued book is impressive and demanding of our attention.' - Times Literary Supplement `One is greatly indebted to Lacey for bringing so many issues so clearly and cogently together.' - Utilitas

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The Virtue of Solidarity (The Virtues) Andrea Sangiovanni; Assistant Professor of Philosophy Juri Viehoff; Juri Viehoff Oxford University Press USA, Oxford University Press USA, New York, NY, 2024

Many today are worried about the global spread of divisive politics, rampant inequality, social alienation, and political apathy. They are hungry for meaningful action that will bring about change, yet they are uncertain of how to achieve this. It is often repeated that people must come together, in displays of solidarity, but fundamental questions about this political catchword--what solidarity is, when (or if) it is a virtue, and its potential dangers--have not received the attention they deserve. They have certainly received less attention than solidarity's closest relatives: liberty and equality. The Virtue of Solidarity brings together twelve world-leading philosophers to reflect on the nature, history, and virtue of solidarity. Topics discussed include race, class, Catholic understandings of solidarity, and the social theories of Émile Durkheim, Léon Bourgeois, and Jürgen Habermas as they relate to present disputes of solidarity. These essays present and debate solidarity's many forms and roles--as a virtue, a sacrifice, an egalitarian commitment, or even something pernicious--where it belongs within a just society, and its relationship to justice. The Virtue of Solidarity is a comprehensive volume of the most recent thinking regarding this topic, ranging from the philosophical to the sociological, the religious to the political, presenting solidarity's many justifications and exploring the most urgent questions that surround it.

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State Punishment: Political Principles and Community Values Nicola Lacey; Professor of Law Gender and Social Policy Nicola Lacey Psychology Press, International Library of Philosophy, 01, 1994

Nicola Lacey presents a new approach to the question of the moral justification of punishment by the State. She focuses on the theory of punishments in context of other political questions, such as the nature of political obligation and the function and scope of criminal law. Arguing that no convincing set of justifying reasons has so far been produced, she puts forward a theory of punishments which places the values of the community at its centre.`Its arguments ... pursuade us that there are indeed fresh lines of inquiry to be pursued, and that these may prove well worth pursuing.' - Times Higher Education Supplement `This book makes a substantial contribution to the punishment debate, and has a claim on any legal theorist's attention.' - Criminal Law Review `This carefully constructed and persistently argued book is impressive and demanding of our attention.' - Times Literary Supplement `One is greatly indebted to Lacey for bringing so many issues so clearly and cogently together.' - Utilitas

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The Moral Economists: R.H. Tawney, Karl Polanyi, E.P. Thompson, and the Critique of Capitalism Tim Rogan PrincetonUP, 2017

A fresh look at how three important twentieth-century British thinkers viewed capitalism through a moral rather than material lens What's wrong with capitalism? Answers to that question today focus on material inequality. Led by economists and conducted in utilitarian terms, the critique of capitalism in the twenty-first century is primarily concerned with disparities in income and wealth. It was not always so. The Moral Economists reconstructs another critical tradition, developed across the twentieth century in Britain, in which material deprivation was less important than moral or spiritual desolation. Tim Rogan focuses on three of the twentieth century's most influential critics of capitalism--R. H. Tawney, Karl Polanyi, and E. P. Thompson. Making arguments about the relationships between economics and ethics in modernity, their works commanded wide readerships, shaped research agendas, and influenced public opinion. Rejecting the social philosophy of laissez-faire but fearing authoritarianism, these writers sought out forms of social solidarity closer than individualism admitted but freer than collectivism allowed. They discovered such solidarities while teaching economics, history, and literature to workers in the north of England and elsewhere. They wrote histories of capitalism to make these solidarities articulate. They used makeshift languages of "tradition" and "custom" to describe them until Thompson patented the idea of the "moral economy." Their program began as a way of theorizing everything economics left out, but in challenging utilitarian orthodoxy in economics from the outside, they anticipated the work of later innovators inside economics. Examining the moral cornerstones of a twentieth-century critique of capitalism, The Moral Economists explains why this critique fell into disuse, and how it might be reformulated for the twenty-first century.

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The Moral Economists : R. H. Tawney, Karl Polanyi, E. P. Thompson, and the Critique of Capitalism Rogan, Tim; Princeton University Press, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2017

A fresh look at how three important twentieth-century British thinkers viewed capitalism through a moral rather than material lensWhat's wrong with capitalism? Answers to that question today focus on material inequality. Led by economists and conducted in utilitarian terms, the critique of capitalism in the twenty-first century is primarily concerned with disparities in income and wealth. It was not always so. The Moral Economists reconstructs another critical tradition, developed across the twentieth century in Britain, in which material deprivation was less important than moral or spiritual desolation.Tim Rogan focuses on three of the twentieth century's most influential critics of capitalism—R. H. Tawney, Karl Polanyi, and E. P. Thompson. Making arguments about the relationships between economics and ethics in modernity, their works commanded wide readerships, shaped research agendas, and influenced public opinion. Rejecting the social philosophy of laissez-faire but fearing authoritarianism, these writers sought out forms of social solidarity closer than individualism admitted but freer than collectivism allowed. They discovered such solidarities while teaching economics, history, and literature to workers in the north of England and elsewhere. They wrote histories of capitalism to make these solidarities articulate. They used makeshift languages of “tradition” and “custom” to describe them until Thompson patented the idea of the “moral economy.” Their program began as a way of theorizing everything economics left out, but in challenging utilitarian orthodoxy in economics from the outside, they anticipated the work of later innovators inside economics.Examining the moral cornerstones of a twentieth-century critique of capitalism, The Moral Economists explains why this critique fell into disuse, and how it might be reformulated for the twenty-first century.

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Ethics of spying : a reader for the intelligence professional. v. 2 / edited by Jan Goldman. Jan Goldman Professor of Intelligence and Security Studies The Citadel Military College of South Car Scarecrow Press, 2010., Maryland, 2010

Ethics of Spying: A Reader for the Intelligence Professional, Volume 2 picks up where the first book ended, but, with a twist. The book begins with an historical perspective of the expectations of moral and ethical conduct of personnel working in intelligence. In a previously classified memo from 1941 and a report from 1954, the reader gets a sense of both the history and perception of what was expected of professional conduct as viewed from government officials. The first half of this book seeks to define an intelligence professional, while the second half of the book seeks to utilize various theoretical and practical perspectives. The richness of this publication is aided by the international views of its authors, which hail from Israel, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and the United States, among others. These prominent scholars explore ethics through the intelligence cycle and how ethics is evolving and viewed in a post-9/11 world. The book concludes with a survey on ethical conduct by interrogators, a brief history of intelligence reform, and a bibliography on this subject. The history and international perspectives provided in this book lay the foundation for further study in this increasingly prominent field of interdisciplinary study.

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Morality and Socially Constructed Norms Laura Valentini; Laura (Professor of Philosophy and Political Theory Valentini, Professor of Philosophy and Political Theory Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen) Oxford University PressOxford, 1, 2023

## Abstract Socially constructed norms are everywhere: from the “ladies first” custom to the practice of queuing, from the religious norm that prescribes chastity before marriage all the way to the complex demands that the law places on us. A constant presence in our lives, socially constructed norms elicit mixed emotions. On the one hand, we often feel their moral pull: we think that we would act wrongly if we violated them. On the other hand, we look at them with suspicion: even the most ostensibly innocuous norms may contribute to perpetuating injustice. The challenge, then, is to explain when socially constructed norms place moral demands on us and when they do not. Morality and Socially Constructed Norms addresses this challenge. It traces the moral significance of socially constructed norms to the agential commitments underpinning them and explains when and why those commitments ought to be respected. The book explores the implications of this explanation for three core questions in moral, legal, and political philosophy: the grounding of moral rights, the obligation to obey the law, and the wrong of sovereignty violations. In doing so, Morality and Socially Constructed Norms shows how much progress can be made in normative theorizing when we give socially constructed norms their (moral) due.

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Aporophobia : Why We Reject the Poor Instead of Helping Them Professor Adela Cortina Princeton University Press, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2022

Why “aporophobia”―rejection of the poor―is one of the most serious problems facing the world today, and how we can fight it In this revelatory book, acclaimed political philosopher Adela Cortina makes an unprecedented assertion: the biggest problem facing the world today is the rejection of poor people. Because we can’t recognize something we can’t name, she proposes the term “aporophobia” for the pervasive exclusion, stigmatization, and humiliation of the poor, which cuts across xenophobia, racism, antisemitism, and other prejudices. Passionate and powerful, Aporophobia examines where this nearly invisible daily attack on poor people comes from, why it is so harmful, and how we can fight it. Aporophobia traces this universal prejudice’s neurological and social origins and its wide-ranging, pernicious consequences, from unnoticed hate crimes to aporophobia’s threat to democracy. It sheds new light on today’s rampant anti-immigrant feeling, which Cortina argues is better understood as aporophobia than xenophobia. We reject migrants not because of their origin, race, or ethnicity but because they seem to bring problems while offering nothing of value. And this is unforgivable in societies that enshrine economic exchange as the supreme value while forgetting that we can’t create communities worth living in without dignity, generosity, and compassion for all. Yet there is hope, and Cortina explains how we can overcome the moral, social, and political disaster of aporophobia through education and democratic institutions, and how poverty itself can be eradicated if we choose. In a world of migrant crises and economic inequality, Aporophobia is essential for understanding and confronting one of the most serious problems of the twenty-first century.

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Works of Thomas Hill Greenlate fellow of Balliol College, and Whyte's Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Oxford Green, Thomas Hill, Nettleship, Richard Lewis Longmans, Green·New York, 1906, 1906

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Works of Thomas Hill Greenlate fellow of Balliol College, and Whyte's Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Oxford Green, Thomas Hill, Nettleship, Richard Lewis Longmans, Green·New York, 1906, 1906

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Morality and Socially Constructed Norms Laura Valentini; Laura (Professor of Philosophy and Political Theory Valentini, Professor of Philosophy and Political Theory Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen) IRL Press at Oxford University Press, PT, 2024

DOI: 10.1093/9780191938115.001.0001In: Morality and Socially Constructed NormsPublished: 2023-10-26Abstract: Socially constructed norms are everywhere: from the “ladies first” custom to the practice of queuing, from the religious norm that prescribes chastity before marriage all the way to the complex demands that the law places on us. A constant presence in our lives, socially constructed norms elicit mixed emotions. On the one hand, we often feel their moral pull: we think that we would act wrongly if we violated them. On the other hand, we look at them with suspicion: even the most ostensibly innocuous norms may contribute to perpetuating injustice. The challenge, then, is to explain when socially constructed norms place moral demands on us and when they do not. Morality and Socially Constructed Norms addresses this challenge. It traces the moral significance of socially constructed norms to the agential commitments underpinning them and explains when and why those commitments ought to be respected. The book explores the implications of this explanation for three core questions in moral, legal, and political philosophy: the grounding of moral rights, the obligation to obey the law, and the wrong of sovereignty violations. In doing so, Morality and Socially Constructed Norms shows how much progress can be made in normative theorizing when we give socially constructed norms their (moral) due.

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The Politics of Virtue: Post-Liberalism and the Human Future (Future Perfect: Images of the Time to Come in Philosophy, Politics and Cultural Studies) John Milbank, Adrian Pabst Rowman & Littlefield International/Centre for European Policy Studies, Future Perfect: Images Of The Time To Come In Philosophy, Politics And Cultural Studies, Paperback, 2016

Contemporary Politics Is Dominated By A Liberal Creed That Champions ‘negative Liberty’ And Individual Happiness. This Creed Undergirds Positions On Both The Right And The Left – Free-market Capitalism, State Bureaucracy And Individualism In Social Life. The Triumph Of Liberalism Has Had The Effect Of Subordinating Human Association And The Common Good To Narrow Self-interest And Short-term Utility. By Contrast, Post-liberalism Promotes Individual Fulfilment And Mutual Flourishing Based On Shared Goals That Have More Substantive Content Than The Formal Abstractions Of Liberal Law And Contract, And Yet Are Also Adaptable To Different Cultural And Local Traditions. In This Important Book, John Milbank And Adrian Pabst Apply This Analysis To The Economy, Politics, Culture, And International Affairs. In Each Case, Having Diagnosed The Crisis Of Liberalism, They Propose Post-liberal Alternatives, Notably New Concepts And Fresh Policy Ideas. They Demonstrate That, Amid The Current Crisis, Post-liberalism Is A Programme That Could Define A New Politics Of Virtue And The Common Good. -- The Metacrisis Of Liberalism -- The Post-liberal Alternative -- The Metacrisis Of Capitalism -- The Civil Economy Alternative -- The Metacrisis Of Democracy -- The Mixed Constitution Alternative -- The Metacrisis Of Culture -- Culture As Formation -- The Metacrisis Of The Nations -- Commonwealth, Culture And Covenant. John Milbank And Adrian Pabst. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

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The Moral Universe Associate Professor of Philosophy John Bengson; Marsh Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy Terence Cuneo; Russ Shafer-Landau IRL Press at Oxford University Press, Oxford University Press USA, Oxford, 2024

The Moral Universe marks an importance advance in metaethical thinking, offering the most sustained and sophisticated development of nonnaturalistic moral realism to date. Employing a novel philosophical method, it addresses central questions in metaethics concerning the nature of moral reality, its fundamental laws, its relation to the natural world, and its normative authority.The authors advance new ways of answering these questions, contending that moral standards regarding what to do and how to be are not only objectively authoritative, but essentially so.Rather than arising from personal schemes or collective ideals, morality flows from the nature of things. One of the principal aims of the book is to show how this view accommodates and explains a wide range of data concerning the metaphysical and normative dimensions of morality. Along the way, the book offers novel characterizations of moral realism and nonnaturalism, defends and explains the existence of substantive moral conceptual truths, supplies a new treatment of moral supervenience, substantiates the categoricity and importance of moral reasons, and presents a strategy for identifying the source of morality. Exemplifying a commitment to the integrity of moral philosophy, The Moral Universe also tackles fundamental issues in value theory and normative ethics in the service of developing a systematic, explanatorily potent version of nonnaturalist realism.

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The Politics of Virtue: Post-Liberalism and the Human Future (Future Perfect: Images of the Time to Come in Philosophy, Politics and Cultural Studies) John Milbank, Adrian Pabst, John Milbank Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, Rowman & Littlefield Publishing, London, 2016

Contemporary politics is dominated by a liberal creed that champions ‘negative liberty’ and individual happiness. This creed undergirds positions on both the right and the left – free-market capitalism, state bureaucracy and individualism in social life. The triumph of liberalism has had the effect of subordinating human association and the common good to narrow self-interest and short-term utility. By contrast, post-liberalism promotes individual fulfilment and mutual flourishing based on shared goals that have more substantive content than the formal abstractions of liberal law and contract, and yet are also adaptable to different cultural and local traditions. In this important book, John Milbank and Adrian Pabst apply this analysis to the economy, politics, culture, and international affairs. In each case, having diagnosed the crisis of liberalism, they propose post-liberal alternatives, notably new concepts and fresh policy ideas. They demonstrate that, amid the current crisis, post-liberalism is a programme that could define a new politics of virtue and the common good.

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The Political Economy Of Japanese Trade Policy (critical Studies Of The Asia-pacific) Aurelia George Mulgan, Masayoshi Honma (eds.) Palgrave Macmillan UK, Critical studies of the Asia Pacific series, New York, 2015

This study provides up-to-date coverage of the most important domestic and external political and economic influences on Japanese trade policy, as well as the evolutionary dynamics of that policy in the post-war period.

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Ethics at War : How Should Military Personnel Make Ethical Decisions? Deane-Peter Baker; Rufus Black; Roger G. Herbert (Jr.); Iain King Routledge, 1, 2023

This book debates competing approaches to ethical decision-making for members of the armed forces of liberal democratic states.In this volume, four prominent thinkers propose and debate competing approaches to ethical decision-making for military personnel. Deane-Peter Baker presents and expounds the ‘Ethical Triangulation'model, an ethical decision-making method he has employed through much of his career as an applied military ethicist. Rufus Black advocates for a natural law-based approach, one which has heavily influenced the framework formally adopted by the Australian Defence Force. Roger Herbert outlines the ‘Moral Deliberation Roadmap', the moral reasoning framework recently adopted by the US Naval Academy. Iain King then sets out a model of quasi-utilitarian decision-making developed in several post-conflict settings and refined at the UK's Royal College of Defence Studies. After the opening chapters in which each author outlines their favoured decision-making approach, the four contributors then evaluate each other's proposals, often critically. Philosopher David Whetham offers some concluding thoughts in which he summarizes areas of agreement between the authors, identifies key areas of difference, and suggests directions for future research.This book will be of great interest to students of military ethics, the ethics of war, moral philosophy, and International Relations, as well as military professionals.

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The Good It Promises, the Harm It Does : Critical Essays on Effective Altruism Carol J. Adams, Alice Crary, University Distinguished Professor in Philosophy Alice Crary, Lori Gruen, William Griffin Professor of Philosophy Lori Gruen Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford University Press USA, Oxford, 2023

"Simone de Lima is a biologist and a retired professor of Developmental Psychology at the Universidade de Brasâilia. Brazil, where her work focused on innovative education and disability. She's been involved in different forms of activism since her teens, from student organizing against the Brazilian dictatorship to doing feminist, environmental, children's and animal rights work. She co-founded Brasilia's first animal advocacy organization, as well as its first vegan cafe, Cafâe Corbucci, and directed the Outreach and Education department of a US animal rights nonprofit. She lives with her husband and dog in Takoma Park, Maryland, volunteers at Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary, and collaborates with vegan and radical education collectives"--

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A vindication of the rights of woman with strictures on political and moral subjects Mary Wollstonecraft Independently published, 2020

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Ethics at War : How Should Military Personnel Make Ethical Decisions? Deane-Peter Baker, Rufus Black, Roger Herbert, Iain King Routledge, War, Conflict and Ethics, 1, 2024

This book debates competing approaches to ethical decision-making for members of the armed forces of liberal-democratic states. In this volume, four prominent thinkers propose and debate competing approaches to ethical decision-making for military personnel. Deane-Peter Baker presents and expounds the 'Ethical Triangulation' model, an ethical decision-making method he has employed through much of his career as an applied military ethicist. Rufus Black advocates for a natural law-based approach, one which has heavily influenced the framework formally adopted by the Australian Defence Force. Roger Herbert outlines the 'Moral Deliberation Roadmap', the moral reasoning framework recently adopted by the US Naval Academy. Iain King then sets out a model of quasi-utilitarian decision-making developed in several post-conflict settings and refined at the UK's Royal College of Defence Studies. After the opening chapters in which each author outlines their favoured decision-making approach, the four contributors then evaluate each other's proposals, often critically. Philosopher David Whetham offers some concluding thoughts in which he summarises areas of agreement between the authors, identifies key areas of difference, and suggests directions for future research. This book will be of great interest to students of military ethics, the ethics of war, moral philosophy, and International Relations, as well as military professionals.

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Looking behind the Label: Global Industries and the Conscientious Consumer (Framing the Global) Tim Bartley; Sebastian Koos; Hiram Samel; Gustavo Setrini; Nik Summers Indiana University Press, Global research studies, Bloomington, Indiana ; Indianapolis, 2015

"What does it mean when consumers 'shop with a conscience' and choose products labeled as fair or sustainable? Does this translate into meaningful changes in global production processes? To what extent are voluntary standards implemented and enforced, and can they really govern global industries? 'Looking behind the Label' presents an informative introduction to global production and ethical consumption, tracing the links between consumers' choices and the practices of multinational producers and retailers. Case studies of several types of products -- wood and paper, food, apparel and footwear, and electronics -- are used to reveal what lies behind voluntary rules and to critique predominant assumptions about ethical consumption as a form of political expression." -- Page [4] of cover.

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The Tyranny of Generosity : Why Philanthropy Corrupts Our Politics and How We Can Fix It Theodore M. Lechterman Oxford University Press Academic US, 2, 20210930

The practice of philanthropy, which releases private property for public purposes, represents in many ways the best angels of our nature. But this practice's noteworthy virtues often obscure the fact that philanthropy also represents the exercise of private power. In The Tyranny of Generosity, Theodore Lechterman shows how this private power can threaten the foundations of a democratic society. The deployment of private wealth for public ends may rival the authority of communities to determine their own affairs. And, in societies characterized by wide disparities in wealth, philanthropy often combines with background inequalities to make public decisions overwhelmingly sensitive to the preferences of the rich. Allowing private wealth to dictate social outcomes collides with core commitments of a democratic society, a society in which people are supposed to determine their common affairs together, on equal terms. But why exactly is democracy valuable? How should these values be weighed against the liberty of donors and the many social benefits that philanthropy promises? Lechterman explores these questions by examining various topics in the practice of philanthropy: the respective roles of philanthropy and government, public subsidies for private giving, the use of donations for political speech, instruments of perpetual giving, the rise in giving by commercial corporations, and "effective altruism" as a guide for individual giving. These studies build to a surprising conclusion: realizing the democratic ideal may be impossible without philanthropy—but making philanthropy safe for democracy also requires fundamental changes to policy and practice.

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The Demands of Consequentialism Tim Mulgan Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford, New York, England, 2001

This is an excellent study of ethics. Mulgan considers whether ethical principles demand that we devote our lives entirely to doing the most possible good in the world; this he calls Simple Consequentialism. He concludes that such a life is too demanding, since it leaves no time for people to do their own "projects" and pursue their own "goals"; thus it is alienating and compromises personal integrity. He resolves this problem in a new and interesting way: by saying we should attend to satisfying human needs, and be thoroughly consequentialist in the Realm of Necessity, but we also have to act as social beings, and in that Realm of Reciprocity we have to be full human beings, with goals and projects--which we are therefore free to pursue. (I am oversimplifying a very complex and technically quite brilliant argument. Apologies to Dr. Mulgan.) The book is clear and readable--a MOST welcome relief from so much modern philosophy (de-re-deconstruction, being-thereness as nonbeingness, neo-neo-Nietzsche, Heaven knows what). It will also inspire you to live a better life, unless you are already a saint. It is a really worthwhile read. (Parts are difficult, though, unless you are already somewhat literate in Oxford University ethical traditions--Mulgan sometimes forgets he isn't dialoguing in the commons room). All that said, I disagree with the conclusions. A Simple Consequentialist could surely reply: First, the world is in such a mess that the Realm of Necessity is overwhelmingly important right now. Second, "goals, projects, integrity, alienation," etc., are terms rather redolent of psychobabble; do we sacrifice good solid food, clothing, shelter, peace and justice for abstractions that are very sketchily defined in this book? Third, and this is the real skewer: In so far as personal goals and projects are real, important, and worthy of attention, how can they not be Good? Surely, any worthwhile goal or project is one that makes the world better. If it makes the world worse, it will make the individual even more alienated and integrity-deficient. Fourth, Simple Consequentialism is not necessarily so demanding; there are times--lots of them, in my experience--when the only good we can do is being good to ourselves. One might also argue that raising good kids who devote their lives to serving humanity is fun, rewarding, a worthwhile goal and project, and much better for the human race than is just ordinary giving-to-charity (Mulgan's recurrent example of ethical good). Simple Consequentialism also has the advantage of being clear: you have to keep reassessing, day by day, your plans for living, and Simple C gives you a straightforward measure: everything is to be for the world's best. (I admit I fail most of the time, but at least I then feel guilt and shame.) One complaint: Mulgan distinguishes between "animals," who are "irrational" and thus do not have "goals," from people, and thus writes off the various arguments (think: Peter Singer, Mary Midgeley...) for being moral to animals. I am not sure what to do with Singer and Midgeley, but I can assure Dr. Mulgan that the higher animals are smart enough to have real goals and projects, and to be considered accordingly. Their goals may be no higher than staying alive, getting along with the herd or pack, and raising their young in the best way possible, but many humans can hope for no more than that. One also recalls the point made by Midgeley (and others) about infants and mentally deficient humans; they are no more "rational" than the critters, yet we value them and take care of them and, hopefully, respect their rights. I still highly recommend this book. I wouldn't have thought of all those matters without it. I would infinitely rather read a clever book that makes me think than a dull one that I agree with. This book is clear, thought-provoking, and sobering. Above all, it makes you reassess and (I hope and trust) improve your behavior. Perhaps this is an example of a personal "project" that is also the best thing for humanity.

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When Violence Is the Answer : Learning How to Do What It Takes When Your Life Is at Stake Tim Larkin Little, Brown and Company, Hachette Book Group, New York, 2017

This book could save your life: Protect yourself from violence and learn survival skills for dangerous situations with this essential guide from a former military intelligence officer. In a civilized society, violence is rarely the answer. But when it is, it's the only answer. The sound of breaking glass downstairs in the middle of the night. The words, "Move and you die." The hands on your child, or the knife to your throat. In this essential book, self-protection expert and former military intelligence officer Tim Larkin changes the way we think about violence in order to save our lives. By deconstructing our assumptions about violence — its morality, its function in modern society, how it actually works — Larkin unlocks the shackles of our own taboos and arms us with what we need to know to prevent, prepare for, and survive the unthinkable event of life-or-death violence. Through a series of harrowing true-life stories, Larkin demonstrates that violence is a tool equally effective in the hands of the "bad guy" or the "good guy"; that the person who acts first, fastest and with the full force of their body is the one who survives; and that each and every one of us is capable of being that person when our lives are at stake. An indispensable resource, When Violence is the Answer will remain with you long after you've finished reading, as the bedrock of your self-protection skills and knowledge.

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Democracy and Difference: Contesting the Boundaries of the Political Seyla Benhabib & Eugene Meyer Professor Of Political Science & Philosophy Seyla Benhabib PrincetonUP, 1996

The global trend toward democratization of the last two decades has been accompanied by the resurgence of various politics of "identity/difference." From nationalist and ethnic revivals in the countries of east and central Europe to the former Soviet Union, to the politics of cultural separatism in Canada, and to social movement politics in liberal western-democracies, the negotiation of identity/difference has become a challenge to democracies everywhere. This volume brings together a group of distinguished thinkers who rearticulate and reconsider the foundations of democratic theory and practice in the light of the politics of identity/difference. In Part One Jürgen Habermas, Sheldon S. Wolin, Jane Mansbridge, Seyla Benhabib, Joshua Cohen, and Iris Marion Young write on democratic theory. Part Two--on equality, difference, and public representation--contains essays by Anne Phillips, Will Kymlicka, Carol C. Gould, Jean L. Cohen, and Nancy Fraser; and Part Three--on culture, identity, and democracy--by Chantal Mouffe, Bonnie Honig, Fred Dallmayr, Joan B. Landes, and Carlos A. Forment. In the last section Richard Rorty, Robert A. Dahl, Amy Gutmann, and Benjamin R. Barber write on whether democracy needs philosophical foundations.

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The Virtue of Solidarity (The Virtues) Andrea Sangiovanni, Assistant Professor of Philosophy Juri Viehoff, Juri Viehoff Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1, 2024

Many today are worried about the global spread of divisive politics, rampant inequality, social alienation, and political apathy. They are hungry for meaningful action that will bring about change, yet they are uncertain of how to achieve this. It is often repeated that people must come together, in displays of solidarity, but fundamental questions about this political catchword--what solidarity is, when (or if) it is a virtue, and its potential dangers--have not received the attention they deserve. They have certainly received less attention than solidarity's closest relatives: liberty and equality. The Virtue of Solidarity brings together twelve world-leading philosophers to reflect on the nature, history, and virtue of solidarity. Topics discussed include race, class, Catholic understandings of solidarity, and the social theories of Émile Durkheim, Léon Bourgeois, and Jürgen Habermas as they relate to present disputes of solidarity. These essays present and debate solidarity's many forms and roles--as a virtue, a sacrifice, an egalitarian commitment, or even something pernicious--where it belongs within a just society, and its relationship to justice. The Virtue of Solidarity is a comprehensive volume of the most recent thinking regarding this topic, ranging from the philosophical to the sociological, the religious to the political, presenting solidarity's many justifications and exploring the most urgent questions that surround it.

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The Oxford Handbook of the Responsibility to Protect (Oxford Handbooks) Alex Bellamy (editor), Tim Dunne (editor) IRL Press at Oxford University Press, Oxford Handbooks Online, Oxford Handbooks, 2016

In 2005, world leaders made a unanimous commitment to the responsibility to protect (R2P) principle. This __Handbook__ provides a comprehensive assessment of the theory, politics, and practice of R2P, which interrogates its place in world politics and key international institutions, its impact and relationship with the most significant contemporary crises and its future trajectories. In so doing, this book provides a one-stop ‘shop’ for R2P focused around seven themes: ‘history’—examining the evolution of sovereignty, responsibility, and humanitarian intervention; ‘theory’—evaluating the key normative and conceptual puzzles provoked by R2P; ‘institutions’—examining the implementation of R2P through global institutions, especially the UN; ‘regional perspectives’—charting how different parts of the world relate to R2P; ‘cross-cutting themes’—focusing on its relationship with peacebuilding, peacekeeping, gender, protection, and other thematic issues; ‘cases’—exploring how R2P relates to the most pressing international problems; and ‘future trajectories’—where leading thinkers and practitioners reflect on the norm’s future.

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Lectures on the History of Moral and Political Philosophy Jonathan Wolff & G. A. Cohen Princeton University Press, 2013

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Lectures on the History of Moral and Political Philosophy Wolff, Jonathan & Cohen, G. A. Princeton University Press, 2013

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Vices, Virtues, and Consequences : Essays in Moral and Political Philosophy Peter Phillips Simpson The Catholic University of America Press, Studies in Philosophy and the History of Philosophy; 35, Reprint, 2019

__Vices, Virtues, and Consequences__ offers a broad study of the basic and universal issues in ethics and politics, the issues of what the human good is and how to attain it and avoid its opposite. These questions have long been debated and are no less debated today. However, according to author Peter Phillips Simpson, within the mainstream of Anglo-American modern philosophy they have been debated too narrowly. This narrowness is one of our modern vices, and it does much to encourage other vices, in particular that of despair of universal and objective reason. The essays in this collection not only attack these vices, but also attempt to replace them with the contrary virtues. The volume begins with an overview of modern Anglo-American moral philosophy and critiques the work of contemporary thinkers―specifically Alasdair MacIntyre and John Rawls―and the work of historical thinkers such as Machiavelli, Kant, and Hobbes. The author then explores ancient and medieval sources, and applies their concepts to discussions of modern problems. The book closes with chapters that discuss the direct consequences of contemporary vices in both thought and action, in particular the vice of failing to educate the morals of citizens. Simpson rejects the contemporary liberal dogma that political authority should not be involved in the moral education of citizens. Violence in Northern Ireland and the crime of abortion are among the issues discussed.

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When the State Meets the Street : Public Service and Moral Agency Bernardo Zacka Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2017

__When the State Meets the Street__ probes the complex moral lives of street-level bureaucrats: the frontline social and welfare workers, police officers, and educators who represent government's human face to ordinary citizens. Too often dismissed as soulless operators, these workers wield a significant margin of discretion and make decisions that profoundly affect people's lives. Combining insights from political theory with his own ethnographic fieldwork as a receptionist in an urban antipoverty agency, Bernardo Zacka shows us firsthand the predicament in which these public servants are entangled.Public policy consists of rules and regulations, but its implementation depends on how street-level bureaucrats interpret them and exercise discretionary judgment. These workers are expected to act as sensible moral agents in a working environment that is notoriously challenging and that conspires against them. Confronted by the pressures of everyday work, they often and unknowingly settle for one of several reductive conceptions of their responsibilities, each by itself pathological in the face of a complex, messy reality. Zacka examines the factors that contribute to this erosion of moral sensibility and what it takes to remain a balanced moral agent in such difficult conditions.Zacka's revisionary portrait reveals bureaucratic life as more fluid and ethically fraught than most citizens realize. It invites us to approach the political theory of the democratic state from the bottom-up, thinking not just about what policies the state should adopt but also about how it ought to interact with citizens when implementing these policies.

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Not Even a God Can Save Us Now: Reading Machiavelli after Heidegger (Volume 70) (McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Ideas) Brian Harding, (Professor of philosophy) McGill-Queen’s University Press, McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas, 70, Montrea, Quebec l, 2017

Machiavelli Is Rarely Discussed In Depth By Philosophers Working In What Is Commonly Called 'continental Philosophy, ' But Which With More Accuracy Might Be Called Post-heideggerian Philosophy. Likewise, Few Scholars Working On Machiavelli Attempt To Engage Post-heideggerian Philosophy. Both Tendencies, Brian Harding Believes, Are Lamentable, Since Many Of The Problems That Engage Major Figures In The Continental Tradition Also Engaged Machiavelli: Themes Such As The Relationship Between Violence, Religion And Politics; The Origin Or Foundations Of Authority; The Relationship Between Philosophy And Politics; And The Critique Or Overcoming Of Platonism. He Suggests That A Careful Reading Of Machiavelli In Dialogue With At Least Some Post-heideggerian Philosophers (heidegger Himself, Jacques Derrida, And René Girard) Will Shed More Light On These Themes Than Either Machiavelli Or Those Post-heideggerian Philosophers Could In Isolation. His Book Is An Attempt At Exactly Such Cross-pollination. Instead Of Looking At Machiavelli From The Usual Standpoint Of Political Philosophy, It Concentrates On Such Topics As Machiavelli's Discussion Of The Debate About The World's Eternity, The Roles Of Fortune And God In Human Affairs, Sacrificial Violence, And The Consequences Of Believing That The World Is Eternal. But Instead Of Examining These Topics From A Historical Perspective, Harding Examines The Interplay Between Machiavelli's Work And The Ideas Of Contemporary European Thinkers.-- Reading Machiavelli With Post-heideggerian Philosophy -- Sacrifice And The Eternity Of The World -- Truth And Sacrifice In Machiavelli -- Sacrifice And The City -- New Princes, New Philosophies, And Old Gods -- The End Of The World. Brian Harding. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

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Hume: Moral and Political Philosophy (The International Library of Critical Essays in the History of Philosophy) Rachel Cohon (editor) Ashgate Publishing Limited, The International Library of Critical Essays in the History of Philosophy, 2001

Despite the outragous price and less than great production qualities this is a useful and high-quality volume. Cohon has done a good job as editor and in writing the introduction. Because of the price I can't recommend buying the book, but it's well worth looking at in the library for anyone interested in Hume and/or moral philosophy. All major libraries should own a copy.

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