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Philosophy and Real Politics / Raymond Geuss.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2008]Copyright date: ©2008Edition: Course BookDescription: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691137889
  • 9781400835515
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.01 22
LOC classification:
  • JA71 .G46 2008eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. Realism -- Introduction -- Who Whom? -- Priorities, Preferences, Timing -- Legitimacy -- Tasks of Political Theory -- Part II. Failures of Realism -- Introduction -- Rights -- Justice -- Equality -- Fairness, Ignorance, Impartiality -- Power -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index
Summary: Many contemporary political thinkers are gripped by the belief that their task is to develop an ideal theory of rights or justice for guiding and judging political actions. But in Philosophy and Real Politics, Raymond Geuss argues that philosophers should first try to understand why real political actors behave as they actually do. Far from being applied ethics, politics is a skill that allows people to survive and pursue their goals. To understand politics is to understand the powers, motives, and concepts that people have and that shape how they deal with the problems they face in their particular historical situations. Philosophy and Real Politics both outlines a historically oriented, realistic political philosophy and criticizes liberal political philosophies based on abstract conceptions of rights and justice. The book is a trenchant critique of established ways of thought and a provocative call for change.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. Realism -- Introduction -- Who Whom? -- Priorities, Preferences, Timing -- Legitimacy -- Tasks of Political Theory -- Part II. Failures of Realism -- Introduction -- Rights -- Justice -- Equality -- Fairness, Ignorance, Impartiality -- Power -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index

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Many contemporary political thinkers are gripped by the belief that their task is to develop an ideal theory of rights or justice for guiding and judging political actions. But in Philosophy and Real Politics, Raymond Geuss argues that philosophers should first try to understand why real political actors behave as they actually do. Far from being applied ethics, politics is a skill that allows people to survive and pursue their goals. To understand politics is to understand the powers, motives, and concepts that people have and that shape how they deal with the problems they face in their particular historical situations. Philosophy and Real Politics both outlines a historically oriented, realistic political philosophy and criticizes liberal political philosophies based on abstract conceptions of rights and justice. The book is a trenchant critique of established ways of thought and a provocative call for change.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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