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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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