Original Position

Informationen zum Autor Timothy Hinton is Professor of Philosophy at North Carolina State University, Raleigh. He has published numerous papers on political philosophy, ethics, and the philosophy of religion in journals including Philosophy and Public Affairs, Analysis, and the Journal of Social Philosophy. Klappentext This volume explores and analyses the continued relevance and ramifications of the original position, the central idea of John Rawls's political philosophy.This collection of new essays examines the ramifications of the original position, the central idea of John Rawls's political philosophy, from a broad range of perspectives. Accessible and comprehensive, it is a valuable resource for undergraduates, as well as advanced students, of philosophy, game theory, economics, and the social and political sciences. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of abbreviations; Introduction: the original position and The Original Position - an overview Timothy Hinton; 1. Justice as fairness, utilitarianism, and mixed conceptions David O. Brink; 2. Rational choice and the original position: the (many) models of Rawls and Harsanyi Gerald Gaus and John Thrasher; 3. The strains of commitment Jeremy Waldron; 4. Our talents, our histories, ourselves: Nozick on the original position argument John Christman; 5. Rawls and Dworkin on hypothetical reasoning Matthew Clayton; 6. Feminist receptions of the original position Amy R. Baehr; 7. G. A. Cohen's critique of the original position David Estlund; 8. Liberals, radicals, and the original position Timothy Hinton; 9. The original position and Scanlon's contractualism Joshua Cohen; 10. The 'Kantian roots' of the original position Andrews Reath; 11. Stability and the original position from Theory to Political Liberalism Paul Weithman; 12. The original position in the law of peoples Gillian Brock; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Timothy Hinton, Timothy (North Carolina State University) Hinton
• Assisted by: Timothy Hinton (Editor), Timothy (North Carolina State University) Hinton (Editor), Hinton Timothy (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2016
• EAN: 9781107044487
• ISBN: 978-1-107-04448-7
• No. of pages: 292
• Series: Classic Philosophical Arguments; Classic Philosophical Arguments; Classic Philosophical Argument
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political science and theory