Broschiertes Buch

Philosophy and Political Engagement

Reflection in the Public Sphere

Herausgegeben: Fives, Allyn; Breen, Keith

Beschreibung

Do philosophers have a responsibility to their society that is distinct from their responsibility to it as citizens? This edited volume explores both what type of contribution philosophy can make and what type of reasoning is appropriate when addressing public matters now. These questions are posed by leading international scholars working in the fields of moral and political philosophy. Each contribution also investigates the central issue of how to combine critical, rational analysis with a commitment to politically relevant public engagement. The contributions to this volume analyse issues raised in practical ethics, including abortion, embryology, and assisted suicide. They consider the role of ethical commitment in the philosophical analysis of contemporary political issues, and engage with matters of public policy such as poverty, the arts, meaningful work, as well as the evidence base for policy. They also examine the normative legitimacy of power, including the use ofviolence.

Autor

Allyn Fives is Lecturer in the School of Political Science and Sociology, and the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, National University of Ireland, Galway, Republic of Ireland. He is the author of  Political Reason: Morality and the Public Sphere  (2013) and  Political and Philosophical Debates in Welfare  (2008), and is currently working on a book about power and childhood. Keith Breen is Senior Lecturer in Political and Social Theory at Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is the author of Under Weber's Shadow: Modernity, Subjectivity and Politics in Habermas, Arendt and MacIntyre  (2012) and co-editor of  After the Nation? Critical Reflections on Nationalism and Postnationalism  (with S. O'Neill, 2010) and of  Freedom and Domination: Exploring Republican Freedom (2016).  

Produktdetails

• International Political Theory
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-95865-8
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 148mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 381g
• ISBN-13: 9781349958658
• ISBN-10: 1349958654
• Artikelnr.: 54556979

Rezensionen

"With Philosophy and Political Engagement: Reflection in the Public Sphere, Allyn Fives and Keith Breen present to us ... a timely and impressive set of reflections upon the practical and political role for philosophy and ethics both within and beyond the campus bounds. ... No doubt this volume will be of interest to students and scholars in the fields of philosophy (both analytic and continental), social and political theory and the humanities and social sciences more broadly." (Liam Farrell, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, Vol. 21 (94), 2018)