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This collection of 24 essays, written by eminent philosophers andpolitical theorists, brings together fresh debates on some of themost fundamental questions in contemporary political philosophy,including human rights, equality, constitutionalism, the value ofdemocracy, identity and political neutrality.
Presents fresh debates on six of the fundamental questions incontemporary political philosophy
Each question is treated by a pair of opposing essays writtenby eminent scholars
Lively debate format sharply defines the issues, invites thereader to participate in the exchange of arguments
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Produktbeschreibung
This collection of 24 essays, written by eminent philosophers andpolitical theorists, brings together fresh debates on some of themost fundamental questions in contemporary political philosophy,including human rights, equality, constitutionalism, the value ofdemocracy, identity and political neutrality.

Presents fresh debates on six of the fundamental questions incontemporary political philosophy

Each question is treated by a pair of opposing essays writtenby eminent scholars

Lively debate format sharply defines the issues, invites thereader to participate in the exchange of arguments and paves theway for further discussion

Will serve as an accessible introduction to the major topicsin political philosophy, whilst also capturing the imagination ofprofessional philosophers

Offers the unique opportunity to observe leading philosophersengaging in head-to-head debate
Autorenporträt
Thomas Christiano is Professor of Philosophy and Law at the University of Arizona. He is also the co-director of the Rogers Program in Law and Society in the College of Law. He has been a fellow at the National Humanities Center, a visiting fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and a visiting fellow in the Research School of the Social Sciences at the Australian National University. He has published widely in the areas of moral and political philosophy and is the author of The Constitution of Equality: Democratic Authority and Its Limits (2008) and The Rule of the Many: Fundamental Issues in Democratic Theory (1996). He is currently finishing a book on the foundations of equality. John Christman is Associate Professor of Philosophy, Political Science, and Women's Studies at Pennsylvania State University, where he specializes in contemporary social and political philosophy. He is the author of The Myth of Property (1994), Social and Political Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction (2002), and The Politics of Persons: Individual Autonomy and Socio-historical Selves (2009).