Social and Political Philosophy : Contemporary Perspectives

Virtually all of us become involved from time to time in disputes about justice.

The question is how to resolve them in a reasonable way.

Social and Political Philosophy introduces and explores the central questions of social and political philosophy from opposing perspectives.

Each essay has been accessibly written by a philosopher at the forefront of the field, advancing the discussion in ways that are of interest to [professional philosophers and students alike. Traditional perspectives are balanced with new challenges that have emerged.

The book concludes with an attempt to respond to and reconcile a number of the arguments presented in the essays.

Topics covered include: * Moral methodology * Libertarianism * Socialism * Lesbian and gay perspectives * Ferminism * Racial and multicultural persepctives * Rationality * Welfare liberalism * Environmentalism * Viurtue ethics and community * Just war theory and pacifism * Civil disobedience Social and Political Philosophy is an excellent collection that focuses and reinvigorates discussion on the central questions of social and political philosophy. Michael Boylan, Claudia Card, Chung-Ying Cheng, Eva Browning Cole, John Corvino, John Deigh, Bernard Gert, Alan Gewirth, Carol Gould, Robert Holmes Alison Jaggar, Eva Kittay, Tibor Machan, Charles