Philosophy and political engagement : reflection in the public sphere / edited by Allyn Fives and Keith Breen.
Dophilosophers have a responsibility to their society that is distinct from theirresponsibility to it as citizens? This edited volume explores both what type ofcontribution philosophy can make and what type of reasoning is appropriate whenaddressing public matters now. These questions are posed by l...
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New York, NY :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2016.
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Table of Contents:
- Practical ethics. The role of philosophy in public matters / Allyn Fives
- On philosophy's contribution to public matters : charting the course of a debate / Joseph Mahon
- Abortion and the right to not be pregnant / James Edwin Mahon
- Acts, omissions, and assisted death : some reflections on the Marie Fleming Case / Richard Hull and Annie McKeown O'Donovan
- Ethical commitment and political engagement. Writing as social disclosure : a hundred years ago and now / Alasdair MacIntyre
- Ethics, markets, and cultural goods / Russell Keat
- In defense of meaningful work as a public policy concern / Keith Breen
- Working from both ends : the dual role of philosophy in research ethics / Allyn Fives
- The justification of power and resistance. Three mistakes about democracy / Philip Pettit
- Karl Marx after a century and a half / Allen W. Wood
- Neither victims nor executioners : Camus as public intellectual / John Foley
- Violence and responsibility / Felix O'Murchadha.