Political Philosophy (Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements)

This New Collection Of Essays From The Royal Institute Of Philosophy Looks At A Wide Range Of Topics In Political Philosophy Ranging From Issues Such As Terrorism, Egalitarianism And The Just War To Considerations Of The Political Philosophy Of Edmund Burke, Of Philosophical Liberalism And Of The Current State Of Utilitarianism In Political Thought. There Are Also Treatments Of The Role Of Innocence And Of Emotion In Political Discourse. Making The World Safe For Utilitarianism / Jonathan Wolff -- Innocent Before God: Politics, Morality And The Case Of Billy Budd / Susan Mendus -- Democracy And Openness / Anthony O'hear -- Rights And Human Rights / Oswald Hanfling -- Prerogative To Depart From Equality / Michael Otsuka -- Casting The First Stone: Who Can, And Who Can't, Condemn The Terrorists? / G. A. Cohen -- Against Egalitarianism / John Kekes -- Big Decisiion: Opting, Converting, Drifting / Edna Ullmann-margalit -- The Epistemology Of Unjust War / Hilary Putnam -- High Culture, Low Politics / Robert Grant -- Edmund Burke And The Anglo-american Tradition Of Liberty / Jo~ao Carlos Espada -- The Politics Of Emotion: Liberalism And Cognitivism / Susan James. Edited By Anthony O'hear. Papers Originally Presented As Lectures At The Royal Institute Of Philosophy's Annual Lecture Series For 2004-5. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents......Page 4 Preface......Page 6 Notes on Contributors......Page 8 Making the World Safe for Utilitarianism......Page 10 Innocent Before God: Politics, Morality and the Case of Billy Budd......Page 32 Democracy and Openness......Page 48 Rights and Human Rights......Page 66 Prerogatives to Depart from Equality......Page 104 Casting the First Stone: Who Can, and Who Can't, Condemn the Terrorists?......Page 122 Against Egalitarianism......Page 146 Big Decisions: Opting, Converting, Drifting*......Page 166 The Epistemology of Unjust War......Page 182 High Culture, Low Politics......Page 198 Edmund Burke and the Anglo-American Tradition of Liberty......Page 222 The Politics of Emotion: Liberalism and Cognitivism......Page 240 Index......Page 254 This collection of essays from the Royal Institute of Philosophy, first published in 2007, looks at a wide range of topics in political philosophy ranging from issues such as terrorism, egalitarianism and the just war to considerations of the political philosophy of Edmund Burke, of philosophical liberalism and of the current state of utilitarianism in political thought. There are also treatments of the role of innocence and of emotion in political discourse. "This new collection of essays from the Royal Institute of Philosophy looks at a wide range of topics in political philosophy ranging from topical issues such as terrorism, egalitarianism and the just war to considerations of the political philosophy of Edmund Burke, of philosophical liberalism and of the current state of utilitarianism in political thought. There are also treatments of the role of innocence and of emotional political discourse."--Jacket