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The Philosopher in the City : The Moral Dimensions of Urban Politics / Hadley Arkes.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 872Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©1981Edition: Course BookDescription: 1 online resource (482 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691615257
  • 9781400859115
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.0943 19
LOC classification:
  • HD3616.G35 A27
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- I Introduction -- One. The Commitments of Civility -- II. Political Discourse and the Defamation of Groups -- III. The Philosophic Foundation for the Restriction of Speech -- IV. Urban Disorders I: Chicago 1968 -- V. Urban Disorders II: The Urban Riots -- VI. The Sources of Disorder: Kenneth Clark and the Problem of the Ghetto -- Two. Education -- VII. Equity and Comity in the Schools -- VIII. The Theory and Practice of "Community Control" -- IX. Segregation, Busing, and the Idea of Law -- Three. Power Structures -- X. Power Structures in the City -- XI. The "New" Politics and the Old -- Four. Housing -- XII. Black Politics And The Question Of Housing -- XIII. Housing and ahe Reach of the Law -- Five. The City and Republican Virtue -- XIV. Law, Morals, and the Regulation of Vice -- XV. On Principles and Experience: Republican Virtue -- Index
Summary: After reestablishing the connection between morality and the law, the author develops a coherent position on many of the most controversial issues of urban life: the political uses of the streets; verbal assaults and the defamation of racial groups; the legitimate restriction of public speech; segregation, busing, and the use of racial "as; education, housing, and the problem of the ghetto"; prostitution, gambling, and the "regulation of vices."Originally published in 1981.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- I Introduction -- One. The Commitments of Civility -- II. Political Discourse and the Defamation of Groups -- III. The Philosophic Foundation for the Restriction of Speech -- IV. Urban Disorders I: Chicago 1968 -- V. Urban Disorders II: The Urban Riots -- VI. The Sources of Disorder: Kenneth Clark and the Problem of the Ghetto -- Two. Education -- VII. Equity and Comity in the Schools -- VIII. The Theory and Practice of "Community Control" -- IX. Segregation, Busing, and the Idea of Law -- Three. Power Structures -- X. Power Structures in the City -- XI. The "New" Politics and the Old -- Four. Housing -- XII. Black Politics And The Question Of Housing -- XIII. Housing and ahe Reach of the Law -- Five. The City and Republican Virtue -- XIV. Law, Morals, and the Regulation of Vice -- XV. On Principles and Experience: Republican Virtue -- Index

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After reestablishing the connection between morality and the law, the author develops a coherent position on many of the most controversial issues of urban life: the political uses of the streets; verbal assaults and the defamation of racial groups; the legitimate restriction of public speech; segregation, busing, and the use of racial "as; education, housing, and the problem of the ghetto"; prostitution, gambling, and the "regulation of vices."Originally published in 1981.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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