Universalism vs. Communitarianism: Contemporary Debates in
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rasmussen, David M. / Rasmussen, David, PUBLISHER: MIT Press (MA), "Universalism vs. Communitarianism" focuses on the question, raised by recent work in normative philosophy, of whether ethical norms are best derived ong>andong> justified on the basis of universal or communitarian stong>andong>ards. It is unique in representing both Continental ong>andong> American points of view ong>andong> both the older ong>andong> a younger generation of scholars. The ong>essaysong> introduce the key issues involved in universalism vs. communitarianism ong>andong> take up ethics in historical perspective, ong>practicalong> reason ong>andong> ethical responsibility, justification, application ong>andong> history, ong>andong> communitarian alternatives. Based on a special issue of the "Journal Philosophy ong>andong> Social Criticism, "the book includes two additional ong>essaysong> by Chantal Mouffe ong>andong> by Hubert ong>andong> Stuart Dreyfus. David Rasmussen is Professor of Philosophy at Boston College ong>andong> editor of "Philosophy ong>andong> Social Criticism." Contents: introduction, David, Rasmussen. Universalisms: Procedural, Contextualist, ong>andong> Prudential, Alessong>andong>ro Ferrara. Beyond Liberalism ong>andong> Communitarianism: Toward a Critical Theory of Social Justice, Gerald Doppelt. The Liberal/Communitarian Controversy ong>andong> Communicative Ethics, Kenneth Baynes. Discourse Ethics ong>andong> Civil Society, Jean Cohen. Equality, Political Order ong>andong> Ethics: Hobbes ong>andong> the Systematics of Democratic Rationality, Rolf Zimmermann. Atomism ong>andong> Ethical Life: On Hegel's Critique of the French Revolution, Axel Honneth. The Gadamer-Habermas Debate Revisited: The Question of Ethics, Michael Kelly. What Is ong>andong> What Is Not ong>Practicalong> Reason? Agnes Heller. Adorno, Heidegger, ong>andong> Postmodernity, Hauke Brunkhorst. Impartial Application of Moral ong>andong> Legal Norms: A Contribution to Discourse Ethics, Klaus Gunther. An Ethics, Politics, ong>andong> History, Jurgen Habermas in an interview conducted by Jean-Marc Ferry. Rawls: Political Philosophy without Politics, Chantal Mouffe. What Is Morality: A Phenomenological Account of the Development of Ethical Expertise, Hubert L Dreyfus, Stuart E. Dreyfus. Universalism ong>andong> Communitarianism: A Bibliography, Michael Zilles.