03663cam a2200493 a 4500 93433 20230410120855.0 051011s2006 enk b 001 0 eng (OCoLC)ocm63136336 UKM UKM BAKER YDXCP OCLCQ CUS NDD LVB PUL BTCTA STF GEQ P4I GBA614202 bnb 013380420 Uk 0745635318 (hbk.) 9780745635316 (hbk.) 0745635326 (pbk.) 9780745635323 (pbk.) (OCoLC)63136336 pcc JA 71 S977p 2006 320/.01 Swift, Adam, 1961- Political philosophy : a beginners' guide for students and politicians / Adam Swift. 2a ed., rev. and expanded. Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2006. xi, 240 p. ; 22 cm. Previous ed.: 2001. Includes bibliographical references and index. Pt. 1. Social justice -- Concept v. conceptions : the case of justice -- Hayek v. social justice -- Rawls : justice as fairness -- Nozick : justice as entitlement -- Popular opinion : justice as desert -- Pt. 2. Liberty -- Two concepts of liberty? -- Three distinctions between conceptions of liberty. Effective freedom v. formal freedom ; Freedom as autonomy v. freedom as doing what one wants ; Freedom as political participation v. freedom beginning where politics ends -- Freedom, private property, the market and redistribution -- Resisting the totalitarian menace -- Pt. 3. Equality -- The egalitarian plateau -- Equality of opportunity -- Equality and relativities : should we mind the gap? -- Positional goods -- Three positions that look egalitarian but aren't really. Utilitarianism (or any aggregative principle) ; Diminishing principles, priority to the worst off, and maximin ; Entitlement and sufficiency -- Equality strikes back -- Pt. 4. Community -- Correcting misunderstandings and misrepresentations. Liberals assume that people are selfish or egoistic ; Liberals advocate a minimal state ; Liberals emphasize rights rather than duties or responsibilities ; Liberals believe that values are subjective or relative ; Liberals neglect the way in which individuals are socially constituted ; Liberals fail to see the significance of communal relations, shared values and a common identity ; Liberals wrongly think that the state can and should be neutral -- Outstanding issues. Liberalism, neutrality and multiculturalism ; Liberalism and the nation-state Pt. 5. Democracy -- What is democracy? -- Degrees of democracy. Directness or indirectness of the decision ; Accountability of representatives ; Equality (of opportunity) for influence ; Scope of authority of democratic will -- Procedures and outcomes -- Is democracy paradoxical? -- Subjectivism, democracy, and disagreement -- The values of democracy. Freedom as autonomy ; Self-realization ; Equality ; Good or correct decisions ; Intellectual or moral development of citizens ; Perceived legitimacy. Political science Philosophy. Social justice. Liberty. Equality. Communities. Política - Filosofía Filosofía política Justicia social Baker & Taylor BKTY 26.95 26.95 0745635326 0006704430 active Baker and Taylor BTCP BK0006704430 YBP Library Services YANK 2375641 Baker & Taylor BKTY 69.95 69.95 0745635318 0006704385 active lcc bk C0 DRFGD 53550 53550 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 1 0 JA 71 S977p 2006 00000080474 2018-10-24 00:00:00 1 2018-10-24 bk