Social and Political Philosophy

Description

This anthology presents classical and contemporary readings on the major issues in social and political philosophy — obligation, democracy, rights, freedom, equality, justice,

1. Political Obligation, Patriotism and Dissent.

2. Democratic Values and Constitutional Constraints.

3. The Nature and Value of Rights.

4. Freedom and the Limits of Liberty.

5. Problems of Equality.

6. Justice, Community, and Gender.

This anthology presents classical and contemporary readings on the major issues in social and political philosophy — obligation, democracy, rights, freedom, equality, justice,

• includes essays that explore traditional philosophical issues; and others that show how these issues apply to concrete political and social topics.

• contains edited court cases that show the importance of the theoretical essays for actual political and legal conflicts.

• gives special attention to the contributions of women to the topics and to problems of concern to women.

• includes an Introduction by the editors to the entire text, brief introductory comments to each essay, and biographical information about each author.