The essays in this volume explore questions about democracy that are relevant to political philosophy and political theory. Some examine the difficulties involved in determining and carrying out the will of the people; some address questions relating to the kinds of influence citizens can or should have over their representatives. Other essays analyze democratic institutions, while still others examine the relationship between democracy and value pluralism, or consider the suitability of democracy as a form of government in non-Western societies.
The essays in this volume explore questions about democracy that are relevant to political philosophy and political theory. Some examine the difficult...
The essays is this volume--written by prominent philosophers and academic lawyers--examine various aspects of both the right to privacy and the roles that this right plays in moral philosophy, legal theory, and public policy. Some of the essays discuss possible justifications for privacy rights, basing them on classical liberal principles or the considerations of moral pluralism. Other essays examine the role that privacy plays in American consitutional theory. Still others assess how privacy considerations affect certain issues in medical ethics, such as the proper extent of access to...
The essays is this volume--written by prominent philosophers and academic lawyers--examine various aspects of both the right to privacy and the roles ...
The essays in this volume--written by academic lawyers as well as legal and moral philosophers--address some of the most intriguing questions raised by natural law theory and its implications for law, morality, and public policy.
The essays in this volume--written by academic lawyers as well as legal and moral philosophers--address some of the most intriguing questions raised b...
Here is what the Framers of the Constitution thought about economic rights. To the current debate over constitutional interpretation, this book adds a dispassionate examination of our beginnings. It focuses on the philosophical, political, and social currents that influenced the thought and behavior of the Framers. What was the relationship between property rights and liberty? How important to the Framers was the protection of economic liberties? In what ways does the Constitution protect these liberties? Was the Constitution a document forged with the intent of securing what would later...
Here is what the Framers of the Constitution thought about economic rights. To the current debate over constitutional interpretation, this book adds a...
In a country built on the institution of private property, property-owner rights have been under attack. By arguing that private property is a fundamental liberty whose protection deserves the highest priority, Ellen Frankel Paul challenges one of the dominant trends of the past half century: the erosion of property rights via zoning and land use restrictions, carried on by government exercising its "police power" or promoting "the public interest."
Paul begins by examining the arguments of environmentalists in support of land-use legislation, and explores a few particularly...
In a country built on the institution of private property, property-owner rights have been under attack. By arguing that private property is a fund...
Do we desire things because they are good, or are they good because we desire them? Objectivists answer that we desire things because they are good; subjectivists answer that things are good because we desire them. Further, does it make sense to account for moral disagreement by claiming, as the moral relativist does, that something might be good for one person but not for another? Some essays in this book consider whether objective moral truths can be grounded in an understanding of the nature of human beings as rational and social animals. Some discuss the ethical theories of historical...
Do we desire things because they are good, or are they good because we desire them? Objectivists answer that we desire things because they are good; s...
Comparable worth-the idea that women ought to be paid the same wages as men performing comparable although not the same jobs-has generated a firestorm of controversy. This analysis of the comparable worth debate takes up its pros and cons in an extraordinarily disciplined and fair-minded manner. After outlining the debate, Paul attempts to resolve this deeply divisive debate in terms of larger philosophical underpinnings. To do so, she develops a sophisticated analysis of the American economic marketplace as well as the general marketplace of ideas.
The volume initially sets forth...
Comparable worth-the idea that women ought to be paid the same wages as men performing comparable although not the same jobs-has generated a fires...
In this collection, legal scholars, political scientists, and philosophers address questions of constitutional purpose, design, and law from many viewpoints.
In this collection, legal scholars, political scientists, and philosophers address questions of constitutional purpose, design, and law from many view...
