What Is Political Philosophy? (eBook)

Charles Larmore (Autor)

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2020
200 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-20087-3 (ISBN)

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A new understanding of political philosophy from one of its leading thinkersWhat is political philosophy? What are its fundamental problems? And how should it be distinguished from moral philosophy? In this book, Charles Larmore redefines the distinctive aims of political philosophy, reformulating in this light the basis of a liberal understanding of politics.Because political life is characterized by deep and enduring conflict between rival interests and differing moral ideals, the core problems of political philosophy are the regulation of conflict and the conditions under which the members of society may thus be made subject to political authority. We cannot assume that reason will lead to unanimity about these matters because individuals hold different moral convictions. Larmore therefore analyzes the concept of reasonable disagreement and investigates the ways we can adjudicate conflicts among people who reasonably disagree about the nature of the human good and the proper basis of political society. Challenging both the classical liberalism of Locke, Kant, and Mill, and more recent theories of political realism proposed by Bernard Williams and others, Larmore argues for a version of political liberalism that is centered on political legitimacy rather than on social justice, and that aims to be well suited to our times rather than universally valid.Forceful and thorough yet concise, What Is Political Philosophy? proposes a new definition of political philosophy and demonstrates the profound implications of that definition. The result is a compelling and distinctive intervention from a major political philosopher.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.5.2020
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Schlagworte: Allusion • Ambiguity • Annexation • A Theory of Justice • Basic norm • Bernard Williams • Cambridge University Press • Classical Liberalism • Coercion • Communitarianism • consent of the governed • Consideration • Critical theory • Criticism • critique • definition of political philosophy • Deliberation • demagogue • Discourse Ethics • distributive justice • Doctrine • Election • Enemy of the People • Equality before the law • ethics • Explanation • Form of life (philosophy) • Forms of Government • freedom of speech • G. A. Cohen • Gerald Gaus • Global Justice • good faith • Government • Habermas • Helots • History of Political Philosophy • Identity politics • Individualism • Institution • Intellectual • intimidation • introduction to political philosophy • Jean-Jacques Rousseau • Jeremy Waldron • John Rawls • Joseph Raz • Journal of Moral Philosophy • Jurisdiction • Justice as Fairness • just society • Law and Disagreement • Legitimacy (political) • Legitimation • liberal democracy • Liberalism • Martha Nussbaum • Modernity • Moral Character • Morality • Obedience (human behavior) • On Liberty • Order of Public Reason • overlapping consensus • Oxford University Press • Philosopher • Philosophy • political and moral philosophy • Political Liberalism • Political Philosophy • Political Science • Political System • Political violence • Politics • Politique • popular sovereignty • Princeton University Press • Principle • public reason • Raymond Geuss • Realism (international relations) • Realpolitik • Reasonable Person • Regime • relationship between moral and political philosophy • relationship between political and moral philosophy • Requirement • Respect for persons • rights • Secular state • security • Self-Interest • Self-reliance • Slavery • social conflict • social issue • Social Justice • social liberalism • Social Order • State (polity) • Suspension of Judgment • Theory of Justice • theory of liberalism • theory of political philosophy • The Pursuit of Justice • The Realist • The Social Contract • Thought • Toleration • Utilitarianism • Value Pluralism • welfare • Writing
• ISBN-10: 0-691-20087-4 / 0691200874
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-20087-3 / 9780691200873