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Political ethics
About: Political ethics is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 493 publications have been published within this topic receiving 9741 citations. The topic is also known as: political morality & public ethics.
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15 Mar 1994
TL;DR: In this article, the author frames his ideas about justice, social criticism, and national identity in light of the new political world that has arisen in the past decade, and rewrites and extends the arguments he put forth in Spheres of Justice.
Abstract: Revising and extending the arguments he put forth in Spheres of Justice, the author frames his ideas about justice, social criticism, and national identity in light of the new political world that has arisen in the past decade.
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21 Jan 1980
TL;DR: Simmons as mentioned in this paper argued that we are morally bound to obey the law and support the political institutions of our countries under what conditions and for what reasons (if any) we do so.
Abstract: Outlining the major competing theories in the history of political and moral philosophy--from Locke and Hume through Hart, Rawls, and Nozick--John Simmons attempts to understand and solve the ancient problem of political obligation. Under what conditions and for what reasons (if any), he asks, are we morally bound to obey the law and support the political institutions of our countries?
414 citations
TL;DR: The authors argue for a political ethics of care to balance New Labour's current preoccupation with the ethic of paid work However, care as a practice invokes different experiences, meanings, contexts and multiple relations of power.
Abstract: This article argues for a political ethics of care to balance New Labour's current preoccupation with the ethic of paid work However, care as a practice invokes different experiences, meanings, contexts and multiple relations of power With this in mind, the article traces the development of the concept of care taking up, in particular, challenges and differences raised by disability, ‘race’ and migration These offer important insights for a new political ethics of care whose key dimensions are spelled out in the final part of the article
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09 Feb 2009
TL;DR: The author’s political views have changed over time, and his political philosophy has changed too, but the basic principles of his politics remain unchanged.
Abstract: Preface by Patricia Williams vii Introduction by Geoffrey Hawthorn xi CHAPTER ONE: Realism and Moralism in Political Theory 1 CHAPTER TWO: In the Beginning Was the Deed 18 CHAPTER THREE: Pluralism, Community and Left Wittgensteinianism 29 CHAPTER FOUR: Modernity and the Substance of Ethical Life 40 CHAPTER FIVE: The Liberalism of Fear 52 CHAPTER SIX: Human Rights and Relativism 62 CHAPTER SEVEN: From Freedom to Liberty: The Construction of a Political Value 75 CHAPTER EIGHT: The Idea of Equality 97 CHAPTER NINE: Con .icts of Liberty and Equality 115 CHAPTER TEN: Toleration, a Political or Moral Question? 128 CHAPTER ELEVEN: Censorship 139 CHAPTER TWELVE: Humanitarianism and the Right to Intervene 145 CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Truth, Politics, and Self-Deception 154 Bernard Williams:Writings of Political Interest 165 Index 171
330 citations