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Cover -- Theories Of Justice And Rights -- Copyright -- Contents -- Editors' Introduction -- Theories Of Justice And Rights -- I. Preliminaries -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Status Of Values -- 3. The Concept Of Rights -- 4. The Concept Of Justice -- Ii. Sketch Of My Own Position -- 5. Three Types Of Political Theory -- 6. Outline Of A Theory Of Rights -- 7. Contrasts With Nozick, Rawls, And Dworkin -- Iii. Rawls's Theory Of Justice -- 8. Outline And Method -- 9. The Hypothetical Contract -- 10. Average Utility After All -- 11. A Third Candidate -- 12. The Priority Of Liberty 13. The Four Stage Sequence -- 14. The Backward Argument -- 15. Socialism And Private Ownership -- Iv. Nozick's Minimal State -- 16. Nozick's Theory Of Entitlement -- 17. The Case For The Minimal State -- 18. The More Than Minimal State After All? -- 19. A Framework For Utopias -- Appendix 1: Can There Be A Right-based Moral Theory? -- Appendix 2: Rights, Utility, And External Costs -- References -- Index J.l. Mackie; Edited With An Introduction By Victor Moberger And Jonas Olson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Oxford Available Via World Wide Web.
This work investigates the conceptual foundations of justice and rights, questioning whether a coherent moral theory can be built upon the concept of rights alone. J.L. Mackie, a prominent philosopher known for his work in meta-ethics, applies his analytical framework to evaluate the prevailing political theories of his time. By dissecting the arguments of major contemporary thinkers, he attempts to reconcile the tension between utility-based morality and the assertion of individual rights.
What You Will Find
Experts recognize this text as a rigorous, critical engagement with the foundational political philosophy of the late 20th century. Readers frequently note the analytical density of the prose, which requires a strong background in moral philosophy to fully grasp the nuances of Mackie's arguments.
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Publication Date:
1900-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
ISBN-10:
0198917414
ISBN-13:
9780198917410
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