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Putting ideas to work : a practical introduction to political thought /
In this new text, Mark Mattern offers a unique alternative to the traditional approaches to the study and teaching of political philosophy. Rather than approaching it solely as a world of abstractions, Putting Ideas to Work emphasizes its practical task. Political ideas drawn from historical and ana...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham :
Rowman & Littlefield,
©2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Good versus bad political philosophy; The nature of truth and thefoundations of political philosophy; Tensions in theory and practice; Putting ideas to work ... for democracy; Questions, problems, and activities; PART I: The Individual and the Community; 1 Radical Individualism and the Tragedy of the Commons; Public problems; More government coercion?; Roots of radical individualism; Questions, problems, and activities; 2 Democratic Community; Recognizing interdependence, choosing solidarity.
- Self-interest rightly understoodCivic virtue; Democratic community; Communitarianism; Community and diversity; Questions, problems, and activities; PART II: Freedom and Equality; 3 Radical Inequality and Its Roots; Public problems; Intellectual defenses of inequality; Negative freedom and its linkage to property; Practical tradeoffs between freedom and equality; Questions, problems, and activities; 4 More Freedom and Equality?; Different kinds of freedom; Freedom requires restraint; Equality increases positive freedom; Questions, problems, and activities; PART III: Justice and Political Order.
- 5 Thrasymachus Was RightPublic problems; Power and interest; You deserve what you get; Internalized oppression; Questions, problems, and activities; 6 No Peace without Justice; Justice and care; Justice, property, and the social contract; Satisfaction of basic human needs; Justice and self-determination; Questions, problems, and activities; PART IV: Democracy and Capitalism; 7 An Unhappy Marriage; Public problems; What is democracy?; Liberal democracy; Participatory and liberal democracy compared; Questions, problems, and activities; 8 Democracy as a Way of Life; Humanist economics.
- An economy of sufficiencyA democratic economy; Questions, problems, and activities; PART V: Power and Citizenship; 9 Power and the Disappearing Citizen; Public problems; Power and the impoverishment of citizenship; Questions, problems, and activities; 10 Power and the Revival of Citizenship; Education for critical consciousness; Democratic culture; Power and collective action; Questions, problems, and activities; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.