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Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will : the Political Philosophy of Kai Nielsen.

Kai Nielsen is one of Canada's most distinguished political philosophers. In a career spanning over 40 years, he has published more than 400 papers in political philosophy, ethics, meta-philosophy, and philosophy of religion. He has engaged much of the best work in Anglophone political philosop...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nielsen, Kai
Otros Autores: Sager, Alexander E., Rondel, David, Sager, Alex
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Calgary : University of Calgary Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Full title page; Copyright page; Table of Contents; PREFACE; SOURCES; INTRODUCTION: Kai Nielsen's Political Philosophy: A Critical Introduction and Overview; PART1
  • METAPHILOSOPHY: CRITICAL THEORY AND WIDE-REFLECTIVE EQUILIBRIUM; 1: On Finding One's Feet in Philosophy:From Wittgenstein to Marx; 2: Metaphilosophy, Pragmatism, and a Kind of Critical Theory: Nielsen and Rorty; 3: On There Being Wide Reflective Equilibria:Why It Is Important toPut It in the Plural; 4: The Global Crisis of Values:The Poverty of Moral Philosophy; PART II
  • EGALITARIANISM AND SOCIALISM.
  • 5: On the Choice betweenReform and Revolution6: Justice and Modes of Production: Allen Wood's "The Marxian Critique of Justice" Revisited; 7: Class and Justice; 8: Radical Egalitarian Justice:Justice as Equality; 9: Radical Egalitarianism Revisited:On Going beyond the Difference Principle; PART III
  • COSMOPOLITANISM, NATIONALISM, AND GLOBAL JUSTICE; 10: Is Global Justice Impossible?; 11: Liberal Nationalism, Liberal Democracies, and Secession; 12: Cosmopolitan Nationalism; 13: World Government:A Cosmopolitan Imperative?; Afterword: An Interview with Kai Nielsenon Political Philosophy.
  • Selected Writings by Kai NielsenBibliography; Index; Back Cover.