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Argues the practical benefits for public policy of a rigorous experimentalist approach to applying moral theory. This book surveys the uses of practical philosophy and answers criticisms of the approach, presenting a number of areas in which philosophers' intellectual efforts can prove valuable for resolving public conflicts.

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Elaborating on and defending a rigorous, rights-based libertarianism, this title presents a development of the ideas first articulated by Robert Nozick in his work "Anarchy, State and Utopia". Consolidating scholarly and popular writing to have emerged in the wake of Nozick's text, it offers a 21st century defense of the minimal libertarian state.

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Deconstructing influential theories of justice by John Rawls, Jurgen Habermas and Axel Honneth, this title explores and critiques the early and later work of these three important liberal theorists.

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Examines and critiques John Rawls' epistemology and the unresolved tension - inherited from Kant - between Representationalism and Constructivism in Rawls' work. This title argues that, despite Rawls' claims to be a constructivist, his unexplored Kantian influences cause several problems.

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Examines and critiques John Rawls' epistemology and the unresolved tension - inherited from Kant - between Representationalism and Constructivism in Rawls' work. This title argues that, despite Rawls' claims to be a constructivist, his unexplored Kantian influences cause several problems.

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Presents an application of Ricoeur's principles of non-exclusive capability justice to contemporary debates surrounding recognitive and redistributive justice.

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The political philosophy of the 18th century philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau has long been associated with the dramatic events of the French Revolution. This book examines the connection between Rousseau's thought and the revolutionary traditions of modern Europe.

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Arguing that our notions of justice have been made incoherent by the radical incompatibility between instinctive notions of ordinary justice and theoretical conceptions of social justice, this book goes on to explore the historical roots of these ideas of social justice.

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Explores Hobbes' attempt to construct a political philosophy of enduring peace on the foundation of the rational individual. This book synthesizes the work on Hobbes' understanding of glory and political stability, challenging the view that Hobbes succeeds in incorporating glory-seekers into his political theory.