Samuel Scheffler

Equality and Tradition

Questions of Value in Moral and Political Theory

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Produktbeschreibung

This collection of essays by noted philosopher Samuel Scheffler combines discussion of abstract questions in moral and political theory with attention to the normative dimension of current social and political controversies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 535g
• ISBN-13: 9780199899579
• ISBN-10: 0199899576
• Artikelnr.: 34226663

Autorenporträt

Samuel Scheffler is University Professor; Professor of Philosophy, Law, New York University. He is the author of The Rejection of Consequentialism, Human Morality, and Boundaries and Allegiances.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I: Individuals
1. Valuing
2. Morality and Reasonable Partiality
3. Doing and Allowing
Part II: Institutions
4. The Division of Moral Labour: Egalitarian Liberalism as Moral Pluralism
5. Is the Basic Structure Basic?
6. Cosmopolitanism, Justice, and Institutions
Part III: Society
7. What is Egalitarianism?
8. Choice, Circumstance, and the Value of Equality
9. Is Terrorism Morally Distinctive?
10. Immigration and the Significance of Culture
11. The Normativity of Tradition
12. The Good of Toleration