Synopses & Reviews
Serving as a forum for a diverse array of views and issues, this book fosters the exploration of both theory and practice in the intersecting realms of politics and ethics. The essays presented here run the gamut of topics from global to state concerns; from the brutal conflict in East Timor to the impact of market forces in society. Scholarly research and viewpoints make this collection of papers an important resource for studying and solving of political and ethical dilemmas.
Table of Contents
The meaning and limitation of "public life" under global capitalism / Elaine McCoy -- Disenchanted liberals: Alexis de Tocqueville and Max Weber / Eric Langenbacher -- Something must be done? Genocidal chaos and world responses to mass murder in East Timor between 1975 and 1999 / Michael Gordon Jackson -- Nussbaum's capabilities approach: political criticism and the burden of proof / Brian E. Butler -- Christian realism: a normative tradition for international politics / Alexander Moens -- Why vote? / Sidney Gendlin -- Thinking of states as moral agents: an argument from analogy in defense of the moral autonomy of states / Steven W. Patterson -- Wider still: reflective equilibrium and the explanation of political radicalization / Neil Levy -- Lords and mothers: silent subjects in Hobbes's political theory / Nancy A. Stanlick -- Foundational goods and private lives / Lisa L. Fuller -- A universal right to health care / Michael Boylon -- A criticism of the libertarian account of political values and market practices / Andrew Askland.