This accessible book is invaluable to anyone coming to social and political philosophy for the first time.
Rawls anticipated this objection and claimed that the reason we (real people in society) should be bound by principles chosen in artificial circumstances is that the “conditions embodied in the ... original position are ones that we do ...
This accessible and user-friendly text offers a broad survey of some of the fundamental philosophical questions concerning social and political relations in modern society.
Social and Political Philosophy introduces some of the most important topics in contemporary political philosophy and questions whether these can be accommodated within the framework of liberal theory.
An anthology of basic statements by the most influential social and political philosophers of Western civilization.
Social and Political Philosophy: Classic and Contemporary Readings is a comprehensive primary-source anthology of readings on social and political thought. Ranging from ancient classics to contemporary works, this unique text...
Rich with historical and cultural value, these works are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.
This anthology, with general and special introductions by the author, puts the historical development of Western social and political philosophy into both feminist and multicultural perspectives. Each of the book's...