Political philosophy : a beginners' guide for students and politicians / Adam Swift
Imprint
Cambridge : Polity, 2006
Edition
2nd ed.
Descript
xi, 240 p. ; 22 cm.
CONTENT
Concept v. conceptions: the case of justice -- Hayek v. social justice -- Rawls: justice as fairness -- Nozick: justice as entitlement -- Popular opinion: justice as desert -- Two concepts of liberty? -- Three distinctions between conceptions of liberty -- Freedom, private property, the market and redistribution -- Resisting the totalitarian menace -- Egalitarian plateau -- Equality of opportunity -- Equality and relativities: should we mind the gap? -- Positional goods -- Three positions that look egalitarian but aren't really -- Equality strikes back -- Correcting misunderstandings and misrepresentations -- What is democracy? -- Degrees of democracy -- Procedures and outcomes -- Is democracy paradoxical? -- Subjectivism democracy and disagreement -- Valuse of democracy