Cover image for Patriotic Elaborations : Essays in Practical Philosophy.
Patriotic Elaborations : Essays in Practical Philosophy.
Title:
Patriotic Elaborations : Essays in Practical Philosophy.
Author:
Blattberg, Charles.
ISBN:
9780773576636
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
1 online resource (400 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- POLITICS -- 1 Political Philosophies and Political Ideologies -- 2 Patriotic, Not Deliberative, Democracy -- 3 The Ironic Tragedy of Human Rights -- 4 Secular Nationhood? The Importance of Language in the Life of Nations -- 5 Federalism and Multinationalism -- 6 Going Rabin One Further -- 7 Canada, Terror, and the Minimal Global Ethic -- . . . AND OTHER ELABORATIONS -- 8 From Moderate to Extreme Holism -- 9 What's Wrong with Hypergoods -- 10 On the Minimal Global Ethic -- 11 Good, Bad, Great, Evil -- 12 Opponents vs Adversaries in Plato's Phaedo -- 13 Loving Wisdom -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
How might we mend the world? Charles Blattberg suggests a "new patriotism," one that reconciles conflict through a form of dialogue that prioritizes conversation over negotiation and the common good over victory. This patriotism can be global as well as local, left as well as right.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
Electronic Access:
Click to View
Holds: Copies: