Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will the political philosophy of Kai Nielsen
Title:
Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will the political philosophy of Kai Nielsen
Author:
Nielsen, Kai.
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9781552385319
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Publication Information:
Calgary [Alta.] : University of Calgary Press, c2012 (Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2013).
Physical Description:
1 electronic text (xlii, 476 p.) : digital file.
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Canadian Electronic Library. Canadian publishers collection.
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Issued as part of the Canadian Electronic Library. Canadian publishers collection.
Contents:
Introduction : Kai Nielsen's Political Philosophy: A Critical Introduction and Overview -- I. Metaphilosophy: Critical Theory and Wide-Reflective Equilibrium ; 1 On Finding One's Feet in Philosophy: From Wittgenstein to Marx ; 2 Metaphilosophy, Pragmatism, and a Kind of Critical Theory: Nielsen and Rorty ; 3 On There Being Wide Reflective Equilibria: Why It Is Important to Put It in the Plural ; 4 The Global Crisis of Values: The Poverty of Moral Philosophy -- II. Egalitarianism and Socialism ; 5 On the Choice between Reform and Revolution ; 6 Justice and Modes of Production: Allen Wood's "The Marxian Critique of Justice" Revisited ; 7 Class and Justice ; 8 Radical Egalitarian Justice: Justice as Equality ; 9 Radical Egalitarianism Revisited: On Going beyond the Difference Principle -- III. Cosmopolitanism, Nationalism, and Global Justice ; 10 Is Global Justice Impossible? ; 11 Liberal Nationalism, Liberal Democracies, and Secession ; 12 Cosmopolitan Nationalism ; 13 World Government: A Cosmopolitan Imperative? -- Afterword: An Interview with Kai Nielsen on Political Philosophy.
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