"Papers and commentaries read at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy, held in conjunction with the Eastern Division of the American Philosophical Association in Washington, D.C., in December 1992"--Pref. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
A performer of political thought : Václav Havel on freedom and responsibility / Jean Bethke Elshtain. Kant on theory and practice / Jeffrie G. Murphy -- High theory, low theory, and the demands of morality / Frances M. Kamm -- Psychological realism and moral theory / David B. Wong -- What Plato would allow / Jeremy Waldron -- "Lawyer for humanity" : theory and practice in ancient political thought / Martha C. Nussbaum -- The theoretical importance of practice / Susan J. Brison -- Avoidable necessity : global warming, international fairness, and alternative energy / Henry Shue -- On legal theory and legal practice / Cass R. Sunstein -- Religious resistance to the Kantian sovereign / Stephen L. Carter -- On regulating practices with theories drawn from them : a case of justice as fairness / Frank I. Michelman -- Public practical reason : political practice / Gerald J. Postema -- "Truth" or consequences / Kent Greenawalt -- The end of morality? theory, practice, and the "realistic outlook" of Karl Marx / John Kane -- Heidegger and political philosophy : the theory of his practice / Steven B. Smith -- A performer of political thought : Václav Havel on freedom and responsibility / Jean Bethke Elshtain.
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