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  • A Republic of Law

    by Frank Lovett ...
    The rule of law is a valuable human achievement. It is valuable not only instrumentally, but also for its own sake as a significant aspect of social justice. Only in a society that enjoys the rule of law is it possible for people to regard one another as fellow free citizens; no one the master of anyone else. Nevertheless, the rule of law is poorly understood. In this book, Frank Lovett develops a ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Rawls's 'A Theory of Justice'

    A Reader's Guide

    by Dr Frank Lovett ...
    Series series Reader's Guides
    John Rawls's A Theory of Justice, first published in 1971, is arguably the most important work of moral and political philosophy of the twentieth century. A staple on undergraduate courses in political theory, it is a classic text in which Rawls makes an astonishing contribution to political and moral thoughtRawls's 'A Theory of Justice': A Reader's Guide offers a concise and accessible ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • The Well-Ordered Republic

    by Frank Lovett ...
    Series series Oxford Political Theory
    Classical and contemporary republicans offer a compelling political vision built on a commitment to promoting freedom from domination, establishing popular control over public officials, and securing the empire of law. The Well-Ordered Republic provides the most rigorous, comprehensive, and up-to-date account of republican political theory presently available, while also showing how that theory ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • A General Theory of Domination and Justice

    by Frank Lovett ...
    In all societies, past and present, many persons and groups have been subject to domination. Properly understood, domination is a great evil, the suffering of which ought to be minimized so far as possible. Surprisingly, however, political and social theorists have failed to provide a detailed analysis of the concept of domination in general. This study aims to redress this lacuna. It argues first ... Read more

    $51.99 CAD

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  • The Flight from Reality in the Human Sciences

    by Ian Shapiro ...
    In this captivating yet troubling book, Ian Shapiro offers a searing indictment of many influential practices in the social sciences and humanities today. Perhaps best known for his critique of rational choice theory, Shapiro expands his purview here. In discipline after discipline, he argues, scholars have fallen prey to inward-looking myopia that results from--and perpetuates--a flight from ... Read more

    $46.99 CAD

  • Virtues of the Family

    by Jacob Joshua Ross ...
    Since the sexual revolution, the traditional family’s moral authority has been the subject of an increasingly politicized debate. The family’s detractors have viewed it as an arbitrary social arrangement which perpetuates injustice and legitimates violations of individual rights. Those who defend it, on the other hand, insist that it is the only possible source of human values and suggest that ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Understanding Rawls

    A Reconstruction and Critique of A Theory of Justice

    by Robert Paul Wolff ...
    Since its publication in 1971, John Rawls’ A Theory of Justice has been the subject of a lively debate among philosophers, economists, and political scientists. In this book, Robert Paul Wolff provides an interpretation and critique of Rawls’ theory that both clarifies it and reveals its basic flaws.According to Professor Wolff, Rawls’ device of a bargaining game among self-interested parties is ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Moral China in the Age of Reform

    by Jiwei Ci ...
    Three decades of dizzying change in China's economy and society have left a tangible record of successes and failures. Less readily accessible but of no less consequence is the story, as illuminated in this book, of what China's reform has done to its people as moral and spiritual beings. Jiwei Ci examines the moral crisis in post-Mao China as a mirror of deep contradictions in the new self as ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy Volume 4

    Edited by David Sobel, Peter Vallentyne, Steven Wall ...
    Series Book 4 - Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy
    This is the fourth volume of Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy. Since its revival in the 1970s political philosophy has been a vibrant field in philosophy, one that intersects with jurisprudence, normative economics, political theory in political science departments, and just war theory. OSPP aims to publish some of the best contemporary work in political philosophy and these closely related ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • Equality and Tradition

    Questions of Value in Moral and Political Theory

    by Samuel Scheffler ...
    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. In addition to chapters on more abstract issues such as the nature of human valuing, the role of partiality in ethics, and the significance of the distinction between doing ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

  • Theories of Justice

    by Alejandra Mancilla ...
    Series series The Library of Essays on Justice
    Forty years ago, in his landmark work A Theory of Justice, the American philosopher John Rawls depicted a just society as a fair system of cooperation between citizens, regarded as free and equal persons. Justice, Rawls famously claimed, is 'the first virtue of social institutions'. Ever since then, moral and political philosophers have expanded, expounded and criticized Rawls's main tenets, from ... Read more

    $108.99 CAD

  • Justice and the Politics of Difference

    by Iris Marion Young ...
    Series series Princeton Classics
    In this classic work of feminist political thought, Iris Marion Young challenges the prevailing reduction of social justice to distributive justice. It critically analyzes basic concepts underlying most theories of justice, including impartiality, formal equality, and the unitary moral subjectivity. The starting point for her critique is the experience and concerns of the new social movements ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD