At the mid-point of the twentieth century, many philosophers in the English-speaking world regarded political and moral philosophy as all but moribund. Thinkers influenced by logical positivism believe that ethical statements are merely disguised expressions of individual emotion lacking propositional force, or that the conditions for the validation of ethical statements could not be specified, or that their content, however humanly meaningful, is inexpressible.
Philosophical Dimensions of Public Policy presents thirty-four articles written by research scholars numerous...
At the mid-point of the twentieth century, many philosophers in the English-speaking world regarded political and moral philosophy as all but morib...
In the United States, there exists increasing uneasiness about the predominance of self-interest in both public and private life, growing fear about the fragmentation and privatization of American society, mounting concerns about the effects of institutions--ranging from families to schools to the media--on the character of young people, and a renewed tendency to believe that without certain traditional virtues neither public leaders nor public policies are likely to succeed. In this thirty-fourth volume in The American Society of Legal and Political Philosophy, a distinguished...
In the United States, there exists increasing uneasiness about the predominance of self-interest in both public and private life, growing fear abou...
This multiauthored book explores how many influential ethical traditions secular and religious, Western and non-Western wrestle with the moral dimensions of poverty and the needs of the poor. These traditions include Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism, among the religious perspectives; classical liberalism, feminism, liberal-egalitarianism, and Marxism, among the secular; and natural law, which might be claimed by both. The basic questions addressed by each of these traditions are linked to several overarching themes: what poverty is, the particular...
This multiauthored book explores how many influential ethical traditions secular and religious, Western and non-Western wrestle with the moral dimensi...
This multiauthored book explores how many influential ethical traditions secular and religious, Western and non-Western wrestle with the moral dimensions of poverty and the needs of the poor. These traditions include Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism, among the religious perspectives; classical liberalism, feminism, liberal-egalitarianism, and Marxism, among the secular; and natural law, which might be claimed by both. The basic questions addressed by each of these traditions are linked to several overarching themes: what poverty is, the particular...
This multiauthored book explores how many influential ethical traditions secular and religious, Western and non-Western wrestle with the moral dimensi...
