TY - BOOK AU - Nielsen,Kai AU - Rondel,David AU - Sager,Alexander E. ED - Canadian Electronic Library (Firm) TI - Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will: the political philosophy of Kai Nielsen AV - JA71 .N52 2012 U1 - 320.01 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Calgary [Alta.] PB - University of Calgary Press KW - Political science KW - Philosophy KW - Electronic books N1 - 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; Access restricted to authorized users and institutions; Also available in print version; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bacm-ebooks/detail.action?docID=3284094 ER -