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McBride's book considers a variety of puzzles concerning immediate justification and knowledge. These puzzles are of active interest in the field, and it is useful to address them all in a single volume. I learned from this book, even when it covered issues I already knew well. ―Prof. Christopher Tucker, William & Mary University How do we know what we know? In this stimulating and rigorous book, Mark McBride explores two sets of issues in contemporary epistemology: the problems that warrant transmission poses for the category of basic knowledge; and the status of conclusive reasons, sensitivity, and safety as conditions that are necessary for knowledge. To have basic knowledge is to know (have justification for) some proposition immediately, i.e., knowledge (justification) that doesn't depend on justification for any other proposition. This book considers several puzzles that arise when you take seriously the possibility that we can have basic knowledge. McBride's analysis draws together two vital strands in contemporary epistemology that are usually treated in isolation from each other. Additionally, its innovative arguments include a new application of the safety condition to the law.
Justification (Theory of knowledge) --- Knowledge, Theory of. --- Cognitive science New. --- Epistemology --- Theory of knowledge --- Philosophy --- Psychology --- Knowledge, Theory of --- justifications --- safety condition --- sensitivity --- basic knowledge --- epistemology --- conclusive reasons --- Brain in a vat --- Coherentism --- Dogma --- Fallibilism --- Foundationalism --- Fred Dretske --- Inference --- Logical consequence --- Robert Nozick
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Like American politics, the academic debate over justice is polarized, with almost all theories of justice falling within one of two traditions: egalitarianism and libertarianism. This book provides an alternative to the partisan standoff by focusing not on equality or liberty, but on the idea that we should give people the things that they deserve. Mulligan sets forth a theory of economic justice - meritocracy - which rests upon a desert principle and is distinctive from existing work in two ways. First, meritocracy is grounded in empirical research on how human beings think, intuitively, about justice. Research in social psychology and experimental economics reveals that people simply don’t think that social goods should be distributed equally, nor do they dismiss the idea of social justice. Across ideological and cultural lines, people believe that rewards should reflect merit. Second, the book discusses hot-button political issues and makes concrete policy recommendations. These issues include anti-meritocratic bias against women and racial minorities and the United States’ widening economic inequality. Justice and the Meritocratic State offers a new theory of justice and provides solutions to our most vexing social and economic problems. It will be of keen interest to philosophers, economists, and political theorists.
State, The --- Justice (Philosophy) --- Merit (Ethics) --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Political aspects. --- Desert (Ethics) --- Moral desert (Ethics) --- Ethics --- Philosophy --- Administration --- Commonwealth, The --- Sovereignty --- Political science --- Anarchy --- A Theory of Justice --- capital --- consequences --- cronyism --- David Miller --- desert --- desert-based theory of justice --- distributive justice --- economic justice --- egalitarianism --- equality --- equal opportunity --- essentialism --- George Sher --- inheritance tax --- intuition --- John Rawls --- Justice and the Meritocratic State --- justice --- libertarianism --- liberty --- meritocracy --- meritocratic public policy --- nepotism --- personal identity --- political philosophy --- public policy --- Robert Nozick --- State, and Utopia
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The description for this book, The Conquest of Politics: Liberal Philosophy in Democratic Times, will be forthcoming.
Political science. --- Liberalism --- Democracy. --- Democracy --- Political science --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Liberal egalitarianism --- Liberty --- Self-government --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Liberalism. --- Liberalisme. --- Politieke filosofie. --- 89.12 liberalism. --- A Theory of Justice. --- Abstraction. --- Agnosticism. --- Ambiguity. --- Bertrand Russell. --- Brian Barry. --- Bruce Ackerman. --- Calculation. --- Citizenship. --- Civility. --- Concept. --- Consciousness. --- Consideration. --- Contingency (philosophy). --- Contradiction. --- Criticism. --- Critique. --- Cynicism (philosophy). --- Deconstruction. --- Deliberation. --- Deontological ethics. --- Dialectic. --- Dichotomy. --- Disposition. --- Dissent. --- Empiricism. --- Epistemology. --- Foundationalism. --- Government and Opposition. --- Government. --- Hannah Arendt. --- Idealism. --- Ideology. --- Individualism. --- Inference. --- Institution. --- Intelligibility (philosophy). --- Interdependence. --- Jean-Jacques Rousseau. --- John Rawls. --- John Stuart Mill. --- Justice as Fairness. --- Kantianism. --- Legitimacy (political). --- Leo Strauss. --- Martin Heidegger. --- Mein Kampf. --- Michael Oakeshott. --- Morality. --- Nihilism. --- Objectivity (philosophy). --- Obligation. --- Original position. --- Philosopher. --- Philosophical anarchism. --- Philosophy. --- Platonism. --- Political Man. --- Political economy. --- Political philosophy. --- Politician. --- Politics. --- Positivism. --- Potentiality and actuality. --- Practical reason. --- Pragmatism. --- Prejudice. --- Primary goods. --- Princeton University Press. --- Principle. --- Rationalism. --- Rationality. --- Reason. --- Reductionism. --- Relativism. --- Rhetoric. --- Robert Nozick. --- Robert Paul Wolff. --- Ronald Dworkin. --- Self-interest. --- Self-ownership. --- Skepticism. --- Slavery. --- Social contract. --- Social science. --- Solipsism. --- State of nature. --- Subject (philosophy). --- The Philosopher. --- Theory of Forms. --- Theory. --- Thomas Hobbes. --- Thought. --- Uncertainty. --- Utilitarianism. --- Wealth. --- Writing.
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The unlikely story of how Americans canonized Adam Smith as the patron saint of free marketsOriginally published in 1776, Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations was lauded by America's founders as a landmark work of Enlightenment thinking about national wealth, statecraft, and moral virtue. Today, Smith is one of the most influential icons of economic thought in America. Glory Liu traces how generations of Americans have read, reinterpreted, and weaponized Smith's ideas, revealing how his popular image as a champion of American-style capitalism and free markets is a historical invention. Drawing on a trove of illuminating archival materials, Liu tells the story of how an unassuming Scottish philosopher captured the American imagination and played a leading role in shaping American economic and political ideas. She shows how Smith became known as the father of political economy in the nineteenth century and was firmly associated with free trade, and how, in the aftermath of the Great Depression, the Chicago School of Economics transformed him into the preeminent theorist of self-interest and the miracle of free markets. Liu explores how a new generation of political theorists and public intellectuals has sought to recover Smith's original intentions and restore his reputation as a moral philosopher. Charting the enduring fascination that this humble philosopher from Scotland has held for American readers over more than two centuries, Adam Smith's America shows how Smith continues to be a vehicle for articulating perennial moral and political anxieties about modern capitalism.
Philosophy. --- Economics --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- History. --- Smith, Adam, --- United States --- Economic policy --- Economic theory --- Political economy --- Social sciences --- Economic man --- Smith, Adam --- Economic policy. --- Economic conditions. --- A Monetary History of the United States. --- Ambivalence. --- American Capitalism. --- American Enlightenment. --- American System (economic plan). --- American Thinker. --- Anna Schwartz. --- Bruno Hildebrand. --- Buoy. --- Buton. --- Capitalism. --- Chicago school of economics. --- Christian Kabbalah. --- Constantine IV. --- Corippus. --- E. P. Thompson. --- Early modern period. --- Ecclesiastical Latin. --- Economics. --- Economist. --- Economy. --- Essay. --- Ethics. --- Family resemblance. --- Forgotten man. --- Francis Fukuyama. --- Frank Hahn. --- Fraud. --- Free trade. --- Friedrich List. --- Fritz Saxl. --- Gilded Age. --- Greek fire. --- Historical figure. --- Hypothesis. --- Ideology. --- International trade. --- Interpersonal relationship. --- Invisible hand. --- Isaac Casaubon. --- Jacob Viner. --- James Tassie. --- Jewish history. --- Jewish studies. --- John Bates Clark. --- John Maynard Keynes. --- Kanji. --- Labor theory of value. --- Laissez-faire. --- Lateran. --- Learning. --- Lecture. --- Liberty Fund. --- Lifestyle (sociology). --- Lighting. --- Lionel Robbins. --- Marquis de Condorcet. --- Mercantilism. --- Michael Burawoy. --- Michael Freeden. --- Michael Polanyi. --- Milton Friedman. --- Moral economy. --- Muslim world. --- Neoliberalism. --- Occupy movement. --- Opportunity cost. --- Persuasion. --- Physiocracy. --- Policy advocacy. --- Political economy. --- Politics. --- Progress and Poverty. --- Propaganda. --- Protectionism. --- Raymond Geuss. --- Re-Define. --- Retirement. --- Richard T. Ely. --- Robert Nozick. --- Roman Law. --- Ronald L. Meek. --- Scottish Enlightenment. --- Self-interest. --- Sexual desire. --- Social phenomenon. --- Suggestion. --- Tariff of 1824. --- Tariff. --- The Philosopher. --- The Price of Admission. --- The Road to Serfdom. --- The Theory of Moral Sentiments. --- The Wealth of Nations. --- Thomas Robert Malthus. --- Treatise. --- Utilitarianism. --- Wealth. --- Whiggism. --- Willibald.
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This book is comprised of essays previously published in Philosophy & Public Affairs and also an extended excerpt from Michael Walzer's Just and Unjust Wars.
International relations --- War --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Ad hominem. --- Aggression. --- Attempt. --- Authoritarianism. --- Blackmail. --- Calculation. --- Casus belli. --- Civil disobedience. --- Civilian. --- Combatant. --- Consent of the governed. --- Consideration. --- Conventional weapon. --- Conventionalism. --- Counterforce. --- Crime against peace. --- Crime. --- Criticism. --- Declaration of war. --- Defensive war. --- Demobilization. --- Deterrence (legal). --- Disarmament. --- Divine law. --- Dr. Strangelove. --- Duress. --- Ethical dilemma. --- Externality. --- God. --- Great power. --- Heresy. --- Heteronomy. --- Hostility. --- Humanitarian intervention. --- Impasse. --- Impunity. --- Insurgency. --- International law. --- International relations. --- Jus ad bellum. --- Just war theory. --- Law of war. --- Moral blindness. --- Moral skepticism. --- Morality. --- Mutual assured destruction. --- Necessity. --- Non-interventionism. --- Nuclear blackmail. --- Nuclear disarmament. --- Nuclear warfare. --- Nuclear weapon. --- Pacifism. --- Peace treaty. --- Philosopher. --- Philosophy. --- Political alienation. --- Politics Among Nations. --- Power politics. --- Pre-emptive nuclear strike. --- Preemptive war. --- Preventive war. --- Probability. --- Realism (international relations). --- Reprisal. --- Requirement. --- Result. --- Right of self-defense. --- Rights. --- Robert Nozick. --- Secession. --- Second strike. --- Security dilemma. --- Self-defense. --- Self-determination. --- Skepticism. --- Slavery. --- Sovereignty. --- Soviet Union. --- State of nature. --- Subversion. --- Superiority (short story). --- Territorial integrity. --- The Realist. --- Theodicy. --- Theory. --- Thomas Hobbes. --- Torture. --- Trade barrier. --- Trade war. --- Treaty. --- Unilateral disarmament. --- Unilateralism. --- Unstated assumption. --- Utilitarianism. --- War of aggression. --- War. --- Warfare. --- Westphalian sovereignty. --- Wickedness.
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