Papers originally presented as lectures at the Royal Institute of Philosophy's annual lecture series for 2004-5. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
politics of emotion: liberalism and cognitivism / Susan James. Innocent before God: politics, morality and the case of Billy Budd / Susan Mendus -- Democracy and openness / Anthony O'hear -- Rights and human rights / Oswald Hanfling -- Prerogative to depart from equality / Michael Otsuka -- Casting the first stone: who can, and who can't, condemn the terrorists? / G. A. Cohen -- Against egalitarianism / John Kekes -- Big decision: opting, converting, drifting / Edna Ullmann-Margalit -- The epistemology of unjust war / Hilary Putnam -- High culture, low politics / Robert Grant -- Edmund Burke and the Anglo-American tradition of liberty / Jo~ao Carlos Espada -- The politics of emotion: liberalism and cognitivism / Susan James.
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