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Author |
: Philip Pettit |
Publisher |
: W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages |
: 288 |
Release |
: 2014-03-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780393063974 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0393063976 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Synopsis Just Freedom: A Moral Compass for a Complex World by : Philip Pettit
Freedom, in Philip Pettit's provocative analysis, requires more than just being let alone. In Just Freedom, a succinct articulation of the republican philosophy for which he is renowned, Pettit builds a theory of universal freedom as nondomination. Seen through this lens, even societies that consider themselves free may find their political arrangements lacking. Do those arrangements protect people's liberties equally? Are they subject to the equally shared control of those they protect? Do they allow the different peoples of the world to live in equal freedom? With elegant, user-friendly tests of freedom--the eyeball test, the tough luck test, and the straight talk test--Pettit addresses these questions, laying out essential yardsticks for policymakers and concerned citizens alike. An invitation to join in a program that would better articulate and realize justice in our social, democratic, and international lives, Just Freedom offers readers an essential starting place for the world's thorniest problems.
Author |
: Philip Pettit |
Publisher |
: W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages |
: 288 |
Release |
: 2014-03-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780393243017 |
ISBN-13 |
: 039324301X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis Just Freedom: A Moral Compass for a Complex World by : Philip Pettit
An esteemed philosopher offers a vision for the central role of one of our most cherished—and controversial—ideas. In this rigorous distillation of his political philosophy, Philip Pettit, author of the landmark work Republicanism, champions a simple standard for our most complex political judgments, offering a challenging ideal that nevertheless holds out a real prospect for social and democratic progress. Whereas many thinkers define freedom as the absence of interference—we are left alone to do as we please—Pettit demands that in their basic life choices free persons should not even be subject to a power of interference on the part of others. This notion of freedom as non-domination offers a yardstick for gauging social and democratic progress and provides a simple, unifying standard for analyzing our most entangled political quandaries. Pettit reaffirms the ideal, already present in the Roman Republic, of a free citizenry who enjoy equal status with one another, being individually protected by a law that they together control. After sketching a fresh history of freedom, he turns to the implications of the ideal for social, democratic, and international justice. Should the state erect systems for delivering mandatory healthcare coverage to its citizens? Should voting be a citizen’s only means of influencing political leaders? Are the demands of the United Nations to be heeded when they betray the sovereignty of the state? Pettit shows how these and other questions should be resolved within a civic republican perspective. Concise and elegant in its rhetoric and ultimately radical in its reimagining of our social arrangements, Just Freedom is neither a theoretical treatise nor a practical manifesto, but rather an ardent attempt to elaborate the demands of freedom and justice in our time.
Author |
: Philip Pettit |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 351 |
Release |
: 2012-12-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107005112 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1107005116 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Synopsis On the People's Terms by : Philip Pettit
A novel, republican theory of the point of democracy, providing a model of the institutions that republican democracy would require.
Author |
: John Gerard Ruggie |
Publisher |
: W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages |
: 305 |
Release |
: 2013-03-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780393089769 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0393089762 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Synopsis Just Business: Multinational Corporations and Human Rights (Norton Global Ethics Series) by : John Gerard Ruggie
"A true master class in the art of making the impossible possible." —Paul Polman One of the most vexing human rights issues of our time has been how to protect the rights of individuals and communities worldwide in an age of globalization and multinational business. Indeed, from Indonesian sweatshops to oil-based violence in Nigeria, the challenges of regulating harmful corporate practices in some of the world’s most difficult regions long seemed insurmountable. Human rights groups and businesses were locked in a stalemate, unable to find common ground. In 2005, the United Nations appointed John Gerard Ruggie to the modest task of clarifying the main issues. Six years later, he had accomplished much more than that. Ruggie had developed his now-famous "Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights," which provided a road map for ensuring responsible global corporate practices. The principles were unanimously endorsed by the UN and embraced and implemented by other international bodies, businesses, governments, workers’ organizations, and human rights groups, keying a revolution in corporate social responsibility. Just Business tells the powerful story of how these landmark “Ruggie Rules” came to exist. Ruggie demonstrates how, to solve a seemingly unsolvable problem, he had to abandon many widespread and long-held understandings about the relationships between businesses, governments, rights, and law, and develop fresh ways of viewing the issues. He also takes us through the journey of assembling the right type of team, of witnessing the severity of the problem firsthand, and of pressing through the many obstacles such a daunting endeavor faced. Just Business is an illuminating inside look at one of the most important human rights developments of recent times. It is also an invaluable book for anyone wanting to learn how to navigate the tricky processes of global problem-solving and consensus-building and how to tackle big issues with ambition, pragmatism, perseverance, and creativity.
Author |
: Philip Pettit |
Publisher |
: Uehiro Practical Ethics |
Total Pages |
: 294 |
Release |
: 2015 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780198732600 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0198732600 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Robust Demands of the Good by : Philip Pettit
Philip Pettit offers a new insight into moral psychology. He shows that attachments such as love, and certain virtues such as honesty, require not only their characteristic positive behaviours in the actual world (i.e. as things are), but preservation of those characteristic behaviours across a range of counterfactual scenarios in which things are different from how they actually are. The counterfactual 'robustness', in this sense, of these behaviours is thus partof our very conception of these attachments and these virtues. Pettit shows that attachment, virtues, and respect all conform to a similar conceptual geography. He explores the implications of thisidea for key moral issues, such as the doctrine of double effect and the distinction between doing and allowing. He articulates and argues against an assumption, which he calls 'moral behaviourism,' which permeates contemporary ethics.
Author |
: John Broome |
Publisher |
: W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages |
: 225 |
Release |
: 2012-07-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780393084092 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0393084094 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis Climate Matters: Ethics in a Warming World (Norton Global Ethics Series) by : John Broome
A vital new moral perspective on the climate change debate. Esteemed philosopher John Broome avoids the familiar ideological stances on climate change policy and examines the issue through an invigorating new lens. As he considers the moral dimensions of climate change, he reasons clearly through what universal standards of goodness and justice require of us, both as citizens and as governments. His conclusions—some as demanding as they are logical—will challenge and enlighten. Eco-conscious readers may be surprised to hear they have a duty to offset all their carbon emissions, while policy makers will grapple with Broome’s analysis of what if anything is owed to future generations. From the science of greenhouse gases to the intricate logic of cap and trade, Broome reveals how the principles that underlie everyday decision making also provide simple and effective ideas for confronting climate change. Climate Matters is an essential contribution to one of the paramount issues of our time.
Author |
: Lindsay J. Thompson |
Publisher |
: IAP |
Total Pages |
: 178 |
Release |
: 2009-06-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781607520573 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1607520575 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Moral Compass by : Lindsay J. Thompson
The Moral Compass presents a model of morality as a guide to values-based leadership. In a free, pluralist society, diverse stakeholders with competing moral claims present serious challenges to the strategic momentum of business, government, NGOs, and community organizations. Leaders need to know how to manage these challenges effectively. The Moral Compass is their guide. As recent history has repeatedly demonstrated, leaders who avoid, impose, or gloss over the centrality of values in realizing a strategic vision can produce severely flawed outcomes such as loss of confidence, corruption, and market failure. The Moral Compass provides leaders with effective tools to manage this complex, strategic environment by engaging directly with stakeholders to clarify and articulate normative values without privileging or diminishing specific moral traditions. The Moral Compass is rich blend of scholarship, practical wisdom, and usable tools. It is a readable, accessible book that draws from a range of scholarship in humanities, business, science, and social sciences to explain the dynamics of human morality. Academically oriented readers will find intellectually challenging resources and references. Pragmatic readers will be able to use this knowledge to cultivate a robust personal moral compass as a leadership tool for building ethical teams, practice groups, and organizational cultures, for framing and managing moral dilemmas, and for conducting an ethical discernment and decisionmaking process. Ethics in business and leadership studies is emerging as a rich field for scholarship. As an active business faculty member in the field, Dr Thompson is familiar with the published literature of colleagues in the Society for Business Ethics, the International Society for Business Ethics and Economics, the Academy of Management, and the American Philosophical Association. As a blend of theory and practice, The Moral Compass is unique among business ethics books in providing a framework for including and managing the volatility of ethical issues arising from tensions between traditional religious and modern secular morality. Rather than avoid these conflicts, the book anchors their source in the inherent complexity of human neurochemistry, individuation, and socialization as a context for moral meaning and conscience. The book includes numerous exercises in reflection, dialogue, and discernment that enable readers to find common moral ground with people from divergent wisdom traditions. The book synthesizes a wide range of knowledge in a presenting practical model for moral discernment, dialogue, and decision making.
Author |
: Benjamin Pratt |
Publisher |
: Front Edge Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 188 |
Release |
: |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781934879122 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1934879126 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ian Fleming's Seven Deadlier Sins and 007's Moral Compass by : Benjamin Pratt
Here's a book that will open your eyes and fascinate you with the many guises of evil in our times. It's also a book that will usefully disturb you, as you find these evil processes at work in your own life. Ultimately, it's a book that will reward your efforts as you look at evil through the eyes of Ian Fleming's James Bond. Like bond, you too might be roused to take on the dragons of evil in our midst. Great for individual reflection or small group study. Includes a complete study guide and other extras to help you quickly spark discussion in your group.
Author |
: William Maley |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 289 |
Release |
: 2016 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780190652388 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0190652381 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Synopsis What is a Refugee? by : William Maley
"Refugee" is a commonplace term that obscures myriad personal stories, many contradictions and a more complex history than most people imagine, as William Maley demonstrates.
Author |
: Shannon Vallor |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 697 |
Release |
: 2022 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780190851187 |
ISBN-13 |
: 019085118X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Technology by : Shannon Vallor
The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Technology gives readers a view into this increasingly vital and urgently needed domain of philosophical understanding, offering an in-depth collection of leading and emerging voices in the philosophy of technology. The thirty-two contributions in this volume cut across and connect diverse philosophical traditions and methodologies. They reveal the often-neglected importance of technology for virtually every subfield of philosophy, including ethics, epistemology, philosophy of science, metaphysics, aesthetics, philosophy of language, and political theory. The Handbook also gives readers a new sense of what philosophy looks like when fully engaged with the disciplines and domains of knowledge that continue to transform the material and practical features and affordances of our world, including engineering, arts and design, computing, and the physical and social sciences. The chapters reveal enduring conceptual themes concerning technology's role in the shaping of human knowledge, identity, power, values, and freedom, while bringing a philosophical lens to the profound transformations of our existence brought by innovations ranging from biotechnology and nuclear engineering to artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and robotics. This new collection challenges the reader with provocative and original insights on the history, concepts, problems, and questions to be brought to bear upon humanity's complex and evolving relationship to technology.