On Political Means and Social Ends / / Ted Honderich.

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748618408);The moral and political arguments, judgements and commitments of Britain's outstanding radical philosopher.What society ought we to have, and what can we do to try to get it? This book sets out to answer these questions beginning with a new...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2003
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (192 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. John Stuart Mill's On Liberty, and a Question about Liberalism
  • 2. Conservatism, its Distinctions, and its Rationale
  • 3. Trying to Save Marx's Theory of History, by Teleology, and Failing
  • 4. The Contract Argument in a Theory of Justice
  • 5. The Principle of Humanity
  • 6. Consequentialism, Moralities of Concern, and Selfishness
  • 7. Hierarchic Democracy and the Necessity of Mass Civil Disobedience and Non-Co-operation
  • 8. After the Terror : A Book and Further Thoughts
  • Acknowledgements
  • Index