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  • A Short History of Distributive Justice

    by Samuel Fleischacker ...
    "A fascinating account of the development of our contemporary notion of distributive justice." (Stephen Darwall, University of Michigan, author of Welfare and Rational Care)Distributive justice in its modern sense calls on the state to guarantee that everyone is supplied with a certain level of material means. Samuel Fleischacker argues that guaranteeing aid to the poor is a modern idea, developed ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Being Me Being You

    Adam Smith & Empathy

    by Samuel Fleischacker ...
    Modern notions of empathy often celebrate its ability to bridge divides, to unite humankind. But how do we square this with the popular view that we can never truly comprehend the experience of being someone else? In this book, Samuel Fleischacker delves into the work of Adam Smith to draw out an understanding of empathy that respects both personal difference and shared humanity.After laying out a ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • On Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations

    A Philosophical Companion

    by Samuel Fleischacker ...
    Adam Smith was a philosopher before he ever wrote about economics, yet until now there has never been a philosophical commentary on the Wealth of Nations. Samuel Fleischacker suggests that Smith's vastly influential treatise on economics can be better understood if placed in the light of his epistemology, philosophy of science, and moral theory. He lays out the relevance of these aspects of Smith ... Read more

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  • A Third Concept of Liberty

    Judgment and Freedom in Kant and Adam Smith

    by Samuel Fleischacker ...
    Taking the title of his book from Isaiah Berlin's famous essay distinguishing a negative concept of liberty connoting lack of interference by others from a positive concept involving participation in the political realm, Samuel Fleischacker explores a third definition of liberty that lies between the first two. In Fleischacker's view, Kant and Adam Smith think of liberty as a matter of acting on ... Read more

    $52.59 USD

  • The Good and the Good Book

    Revelation as a Guide to Life

    by Samuel Fleischacker ...
    'It is written ...,' says the believer in a sacred text, and proceeds to justify all manner of terrifying things. Or so runs a popular caricature of religious faith today. Religions that center around a revelation--around a 'good book,' like the Torah or Gospels or Quran, which is seen as God's word--are widely regarded as irrational and dangerous: as based on outdated science and conducive to ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Adam Smith

    by Samuel Fleischacker ...
    Series series The Routledge Philosophers
    Adam Smith (1723–1790) is widely regarded as one of the great thinkers of the Enlightenment period. Best-known for his founding work of economics, The Wealth of Nations, Smith engaged equally with the nature of morality in his Theory of Moral Sentiments. He also gave lectures on literature and jurisprudence, and wrote papers on art and science*.*In this outstanding philosophical introduction ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • What is Enlightenment?

    by Samuel Fleischacker ...
    Series series Kant's Questions
    "Have the courage to use your own understanding! - that is the motto of enlightenment." - Immanuel KantThe Enlightenment is one of the most important and contested periods in the history of philosophy. The problems it addressed, such as the proper extent of individual freedom and the challenging of tradition, resonate as much today as when they were first debated. Of all philosophers, it is ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Essays on the Philosophy of Adam Smith

    The Adam Smith Review, Volume 5: Essays Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the Theory of Moral Sentiments

    Edited by Vivienne Brown, Samuel Fleischacker ...
    Series series The Adam Smith Review
    Adam Smith’s contribution to economics is well-recognised but in recent years scholars have been exploring anew the multidisciplinary nature of his works. The Adam Smith Review is a refereed annual review that provides a unique forum for interdisciplinary debate on all aspects of Adam Smith’s works, his place in history, and the significance of his writings for the modern world. It is aimed at ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

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    The Saint of Rationalism

    Edited by Georgios Varouxakis, Paul Kelly ...
    Series series Routledge Innovations in Political Theory
    More than two hundred years after his birth, and 150 years after the publication of his most famous essay On Liberty, John Stuart Mill remains one of the towering intellectual figures of the Western tradition. This book combines an up-to-date assessment of the philosophical legacy of Mill’s arguments, his complex version of liberalism and his account of the relationship between character and ... Read more

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  • The Shadow of Unfairness

    A Plebeian Theory of Liberal Democracy

    by Jeffrey Edward Green ...
    In this sequel to his prize-winning book, The Eyes of the People, Jeffrey Edward Green draws on philosophy, history, social science, and literature to ask what democracy can mean in a world where it is understood that socioeconomic status to some degree will always determine opportunities for civic engagement and career advancement. Under this shadow of unfairness, Green argues that the most ... Read more

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  • Jurisprudence

    by Suri Ratnapala ...
    The third edition of Jurisprudence offers a logically structured, comprehensive, well-researched and accessible overview of legal theory and philosophy. Written primarily for undergraduate students, it examines and demystifies the discipline's major ideas, and promotes a richer understanding of the social, moral and economic dimensions of the law. By locating the major traditions of jurisprudence ... Read more

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  • The Social Contract Theorists

    Critical Essays on Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau

    by John Charvet, Joshua Cohen, David Gauthier, M M. Goldsmith, Jean Hampton, Gregory S. Kavka, Patrick Riley, Arthur Ripstein, A John Simmons ...
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    This reader introduces students of philosophy and politics to the contemporary critical literature on the classical social contract theorists: Thomas Hobbes (1599-1697), John Locke (1632-1704), and Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778). Twelve thoughtfully selected essays guide students through the texts, familiarizing them with key elements of the theory, while at the same time introducing them to ... Read more

    $44.99 USD