This book, which inaugurates the Princeton Monographs in Philosophy series, starts from Plato's analogy in the Republic between conflict in the soul and conflict in the city. Plato's solution required reason to impose agreement and harmony on the warring passions, and this search for harmony and agreement constitutes the main tradition in political philosophy up to and including contemporary liberal theory. Hampshire undermines this tradition by developing a distinction between justice in procedures, which demands that both sides in a conflict should be heard, and justice in matters of substance, which will always be disputed. Rationality in private thinking consists in adversary reasoning, and so it does in public affairs. Moral conflict is eternal, and institutionalized argument is its only universally acceptable restraint and the only alternative to tyranny.
In the chapter "Against Monotheism," Hampshire argues that monotheistic beliefs are only with difficulty made compatible with pluralism in ethics. In "Conflict and Conflict Resolution," he argues that socialism, seen as the proposal of extended political solutions for natural human ills, is still a relevant, yet strongly contested, ideal.
Le informazioni nella sezione "Riassunto" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.
Le informazioni nella sezione "Su questo libro" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.
Spese di spedizione:
EUR 2,77
In U.S.A.
Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new. Brand New Copy. Codice articolo BBB_new0691089744
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. Codice articolo 400169-n
Descrizione libro PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Codice articolo WP-9780691089744
Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new. Buy for Great customer experience. Codice articolo GoldenDragon0691089744
Descrizione libro Soft Cover. Condizione: new. Codice articolo 9780691089744
Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new. New. Codice articolo Wizard0691089744
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. Buy with confidence! Book is in new, never-used condition 0.35. Codice articolo bk0691089744xvz189zvxnew
Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Codice articolo think0691089744
Descrizione libro Condizione: new. Codice articolo FrontCover0691089744
Descrizione libro paperback. Condizione: New. Language: ENG. Codice articolo 9780691089744