Ebook: Political Philosophy

Cover; Half Title; TitlePage; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Preface to Third Edition; Introduction; Further reading; Part 1: Social Justice; Concept v. conceptions: the case of justice; Hayek v. social justice; Rawls: justice as fairness; Nozick: justice as entitlement; Popular opinion: justice as desert; Social justice v. global justice; Conclusion; Further reading; Part 2: Liberty; Two concepts of liberty?; Three distinctions between conceptions of liberty; Effective freedom v. formal freedom; Freedom as autonomy v. freedom as doing what one wants.;Politicians invoke grand ideas: social justice, democracy, liberty, equality, community. But what do these ideas really mean? How can politicians across the political spectrum appeal to the same values?This new edition of Adam Swift's highly readable introduction to political philosophy answers these important questions, and includes new material on global justice, feminism, and method in political theory, as well as updated guides to further reading. This lively and accessible book is ideal for students, but it also brings the insights of the world's leading political philosophers to a wide g.