Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will [electronic resource] : the political philosophy of Kai Nielsen / edited by David Rondel and Alex Sager.

By: Nielsen, KaiContributor(s): Rondel, David, 1978- | Sager, Alexander E. (Alexander Edward) | Canadian Electronic Library (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Calgary [Alta.] : University of Calgary Press, c2012 2013)Description: 1 electronic text (xlii, 476 p.) : digital fileISBN: 9781552385319 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Political science -- PhilosophyGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification: 320.01 LOC classification: JA71 | .N52 2012Online resources: Click to View Also available in print version.
Contents:
Introduction : Kai Nielsen's Political Philosophy: A Critical Introduction and Overview -- I. Metaphilosophy: Critical Theory and Wide-Reflective Equilibrium ; 1 On Finding One's Feet in Philosophy: From Wittgenstein to Marx ; 2 Metaphilosophy, Pragmatism, and a Kind of Critical Theory: Nielsen and Rorty ; 3 On There Being Wide Reflective Equilibria: Why It Is Important to Put It in the Plural ; 4 The Global Crisis of Values: The Poverty of Moral Philosophy -- II. Egalitarianism and Socialism ; 5 On the Choice between Reform and Revolution ; 6 Justice and Modes of Production: Allen Wood's "The Marxian Critique of Justice" Revisited ; 7 Class and Justice ; 8 Radical Egalitarian Justice: Justice as Equality ; 9 Radical Egalitarianism Revisited: On Going beyond the Difference Principle -- III. Cosmopolitanism, Nationalism, and Global Justice ; 10 Is Global Justice Impossible? ; 11 Liberal Nationalism, Liberal Democracies, and Secession ; 12 Cosmopolitan Nationalism ; 13 World Government: A Cosmopolitan Imperative? -- Afterword: An Interview with Kai Nielsen on Political Philosophy.
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Issued as part of the Canadian Electronic Library. Canadian publishers collection.

"Selected writings by Kai Nelson": p. 437-443.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-467) and index.

Introduction : Kai Nielsen's Political Philosophy: A Critical Introduction and Overview -- I. Metaphilosophy: Critical Theory and Wide-Reflective Equilibrium ; 1 On Finding One's Feet in Philosophy: From Wittgenstein to Marx ; 2 Metaphilosophy, Pragmatism, and a Kind of Critical Theory: Nielsen and Rorty ; 3 On There Being Wide Reflective Equilibria: Why It Is Important to Put It in the Plural ; 4 The Global Crisis of Values: The Poverty of Moral Philosophy -- II. Egalitarianism and Socialism ; 5 On the Choice between Reform and Revolution ; 6 Justice and Modes of Production: Allen Wood's "The Marxian Critique of Justice" Revisited ; 7 Class and Justice ; 8 Radical Egalitarian Justice: Justice as Equality ; 9 Radical Egalitarianism Revisited: On Going beyond the Difference Principle -- III. Cosmopolitanism, Nationalism, and Global Justice ; 10 Is Global Justice Impossible? ; 11 Liberal Nationalism, Liberal Democracies, and Secession ; 12 Cosmopolitan Nationalism ; 13 World Government: A Cosmopolitan Imperative? -- Afterword: An Interview with Kai Nielsen on Political Philosophy.

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