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050	1	4	_aJA 71 _bS977p 2006
082	0	0	_a320/.01
100	1		_aSwift, Adam, _d1961-
245	1	0	_aPolitical philosophy : _ba beginners' guide for students and politicians / _cAdam Swift.
250			_a2a ed., rev. and expanded.
260			_aCambridge ; _aMalden, MA : _bPolity, _c2006.
300			_axi, 240 p. ; _c22 cm.
500			_aPrevious ed.: 2001.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	2		_aPt. 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
505	2		_aPt. 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.
650		0	_aPolitical science _xPhilosophy.
650		0	_aSocial justice.
650		0	_aLiberty.
650		0	_aEquality.
650		0	_aCommunities.
650		4	_aPolítica - Filosofía
650		4	_aFilosofía política
650		4	_aJusticia social
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