Foundations of civic engagement : rethinking social and political philosophy /
Ellis, Ralph D.
Fischer, Norman(Norman J.)
Sauer, James B.,1948-
Lanham : University Press of America, ® Inc.,
c2006.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-323) and index.
Ch. 1. Reopening fundamental questions -- Ch. 2. Politics and value theory : a complex relationship -- Ch. 3. Formative concepts from early philosophers : Plato and Aristotle -- Ch. 4. Hobbes and the origins of modern social contract theory -- Ch. 5. Hobbesian difficulties and Locke's rights-based approach -- Ch. 6. Social contract theories, equality, and liberty : Rousseau and Kant -- Ch. 7. The normative basis of Marxism -- Ch. 8. Contemporary thinking about justice : Rawls and Nozick -- Ch. 9. Contemporary thinking about justice : the feminist critique -- Ch. 10. Justice as if context mattered : communitarian theories of justice -- Ch. 11. Back to impartiality and beyond : European voices in the justice conversation -- Ch. 12. The postmodern riposte : contesting universalism -- Ch. 13. Privacy and the public life.
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Foundations of civic engagement.