Agents of Change : : Political Philosophy in Practice / / Ben Laurence.
An incisive argument for the relevance of political philosophy and its possibility of effecting change. The appeal of political philosophy is that it will answer questions about justice for the sake of political action. But contemporary political philosophy struggles to live up to this promise. Sinc...
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Laurence, Ben, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Agents of Change : Political Philosophy in Practice / Ben Laurence. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2021] ©2021 1 online resource (240 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- 1. Two Conceptions of the Theory of Justice -- 2. From Practice to Theory -- 3. From Theory to Practice -- 4. Agents of Change -- 5. Against Strict Compliance -- 6. Against the Antipracticalists -- 7. Political Philosophy as Practical Reasoning -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star An incisive argument for the relevance of political philosophy and its possibility of effecting change. The appeal of political philosophy is that it will answer questions about justice for the sake of political action. But contemporary political philosophy struggles to live up to this promise. Since the death of John Rawls, political philosophers have become absorbed in methodological debates, leading to an impasse between two unattractive tendencies: utopians argue that philosophy should focus uncompromisingly on abstract questions of justice, while pragmatists argue that we should concern ourselves only with local efforts to ameliorate injustice. Agents of Change shows a way forward. Ben Laurence argues that we can combine utopian justice and the pragmatic response to injustice in a political philosophy that unifies theory and practice in pursuit of change. Political philosophy, on this view, is not a purely normative theory disconnected from practice. Rather, political philosophy is itself a practice—an exercise of practical reason issuing in action. Laurence contends that this exercise begins in ordinary life with the confrontation with injustice. Philosophy draws ideas about justice from this encounter to be pursued through political action. Laurence shows that the task of political philosophy is not complete until it asks the question “What is to be done?” and deliberates actionable answers. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022) Change. Political science Philosophy. Pragmatism. PHILOSOPHY / Political. bisacsh Agency. Agents of Change. David Estlund. G.A. Cohen. Ideal Theory. Idealism. Injustice. Justice. Nonideal Theory. Partial Compliance. Practical Philosophy. Praxis. Realism. Strict Compliance. Theory of Justice. Utopaphobia. Utopia. Utopianism. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021 9783110739114 print 9780674258419 https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674269446?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674269446 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674269446/original |
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