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Author : Edmund Deats Abegg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)
Download or read book Political Morality in a Disenchanted World written by Edmund Deats Abegg and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edmund Abegg
Publisher : University Press of America
ISBN 13 : 076186153X
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)
Download or read book Political Morality in a Disenchanted World written by Edmund Abegg and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2013-06-20 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political morality concerns what programs and policies government ought to adopt. What would this morality look like in a disenchanted world, one in which rationality prevails? The enchanted world is extensive, including not just religion but traditional morality. In this book, Edmund Abegg constructs a coherent path that leads from abstract psychological and moral theory to ideal political and economic scenarios and then to their real-world applications, which for him are in terms of national political goals. These goals, individual autonomy and welfare, function as political morality in this new framework in place of traditional mythical ideas such as justice. Descriptive chapters on our current world indicate that these goals are in play, if only partly. Concerning these national moral-political goals, which may be domestic or international, the crucial distinction he seeks to establish is between aggregated or big-picture goals and individualized goals. The latter are typically seen as establishing individual rights. This book establishes a framework that clarifies important public policy issues in a way not possible if a jungle growth of myth envelopes our efforts with confusion and unnecessary controversies.
Author : Max Weber
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1681373890
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)
Download or read book Charisma and Disenchantment: The Vocation Lectures written by Max Weber and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new translation of two celebrated lectures on politics, academia, and the disenchantment of the world. The German sociologist Max Weber is one of the most venturesome, stimulating, and influential theorists of the modern condition. Among his most significant works are the so-called vocation lectures, published shortly after the end of World War I and delivered at the invitation of a group of student activists. The question the students asked Weber to address was simple and haunting: In a modern world characterized by the division of labor, economic expansion, and unrelenting change, was it still possible to consider an academic or political career as a genuine calling? In response Weber offered his famous diagnosis of “the disenchantment of the world,” along with a challenging account of the place of morality in the classroom and in research. In his second lecture he introduced the notion of political charisma, assigning it a central role in the modern state, even as he recognized that politics is more than anything “a slow and difficult drilling of holes into hard boards.” Damion Searls’s new translation brings out the power and nuance of these celebrated lectures. Paul Reitter and Chad Wellmon’s introduction describes their historical and biographical background, reception, and influence. Weber’s effort to rethink the idea of a public calling at the start of the tumultuous twentieth century is revealed to be as timely and stirring as ever.
Author : Helmut Willke
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
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Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)
Download or read book Governance in a Disenchanted World written by Helmut Willke and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book expounds the idea of a disenchanted world composed of nation states and global functional systems. The nation state is losing some of its regulatory prerogatives and, at the same time, extending its legitimacy base in 'chains of legitimacy' to transnational institutions. There is neither a global democracy nor a global government. Therefore, establishing alternative forms of legitimacy, accountability and participation in a secular world seem mandatory. Helmut Willke examines the resurgence of moral reasoning in global affairs, pushed by various fundamentalisms, that indicates a real danger of a regression of democracy. The separation of private morals and public policies, the book argues, remains the basis of global aspirations of democracy.
Author : Uriel Abulof
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351371010
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)
Download or read book Communication, Legitimation and Morality in Modern Politics written by Uriel Abulof and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why? This question drives scientific inquiry, not least in the social sciences: why war, revolution, racism and inequality? Asking and debating about ‘why?’, however, is not the prerogative of scholars; social actors, endowed with thought, reflection and speech, do it too. While we all dance to the beat of genes, emotions, identities and habituated norms, we occasionally stop to ask ‘why?’ The social sciences have been long preoccupied with the ostensibly objective ‘why’ while sidelining the social, intersubjective ‘why?’ This book focuses on the latter, analysing the social actors’ search for justification in their public, political sphere. Justifications, broadly understood, are answers to why-questions given and debated by social actors. The chapters focus on public justifications. While the contributors do not submit that private encounters addressing why-questions do not matter, they choose to put public encounters addressing these questions under scrutiny. Given the ongoing telecommunications revolution, and new political practices associated with it, these public encounters become increasingly pertinent in our evolving political orders. This book originally published as a special issue in Contemporary Politics.
Author : Maria Baghramian
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317835069
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)
Download or read book Pluralism written by Maria Baghramian and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cultural, moral and religious diversity is a pervasive feature of modern life, yet has only recently become the focus of intellectual debate. Pluralism is the first book to tackle philosophical pluralism and link pluralist themes in philosophy to politics. A range of essays investigates the philosophical sources of pluralism, the value of pluralism and liberalism, and difference in pluralism, including writings on women and the public-private distinction. This is a valuable source for students of philosophy, politics and cultural studies.
Author : Rahul Sagar
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351168754
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)
Download or read book Realism in Political Theory written by Rahul Sagar and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past decade, an intellectual movement known as "realism" has challenged the reigning orthodoxy in political theory and political philosophy. Realists take issue with what they see as the excessive moralism and utopianism associated with prominent philosophers like John Rawls, Ronald Dworkin, and G.A. Cohen; but what they would put in its place has not always been clear. The contributors to this volume seek to bring realism into a new phase, constructive rather than merely combative. To this end they examine three distinct kinds of realism. The first seeks to place questions of feasibility at the center of political theory and philosophy; the second seeks to reorient our interpretations of key works in the canon; the third seeks new interpretations or specifications of prominent ideologies such as liberalism, radicalism, and republicanism such that they no longer rely on abstract or systematic philosophic systems. Contributors include: David Estlund, Edward Hall, Alison McQueen, Terry Nardin, Philip Pettit, Janosch Prinz, Enzo Rossi, Andrew Sabl, Rahul Sagar, and Matt Sleat. The chapters originally published as a special issue of Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy.
Author : William E. Scheuerman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0745637795
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Realist Case for Global Reform written by William E. Scheuerman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-23 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does a hard-headed Realist approach to international politics necessarily involve skepticism towards progressive foreign policy initiatives and global reform? Should proponents of Realism always be seen as morally complacent and politically combative? In this major reconsideration of the main figures of international political theory, Bill Scheuerman challenges conventional wisdom to reveal a neglected tradition of Progressive Realism with much to contribute to contemporary debates about international policy-making and world government. Far from seeing international reform as well-meaning but potentially irresponsible , Progressive Realists like E. H. Carr, John Herz, Hans J. Morgenthau, and Reinhold Niebuhr developed forward-looking ideas which offer an indispensable corrective to many presently influential views about global politics. Progressive Realism, Scheuerman argues, offers a compelling and provocative vision of radical global change which -- when properly interpreted, can help buttress current efforts to address the most pressing international issues. After recovering key subterranean strands in mid-twentieth century Realism, Scheuerman underscores their relevance to contemporary international theory. Criticizing more recent Realists for abandoning their tradition's best insights, he also demonstrates that reform-minded international theories --including versions of Cosmopolitanism, Constructivism, the English School, Liberalism, and Republicanism - could all benefit from taking Progressive Realism seriously. A major contribution both to the history of international relations and contemporary debates in international theory, The Realist Case for Global Reform concludes by considering how Progressive Realism informs the foreign policies of US President Barack Obama.
Author : Ed Abegg Ph.D.
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1669800407
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Deeper Look: a Rational Philosopher Writes on Culture and Nature written by Ed Abegg Ph.D. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2022-01-13 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The information about the book is not available as of this time.
Author : Edmund Abegg
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 149904013X
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)
Download or read book Engaging the World written by Edmund Abegg and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-09-10 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosophers enjoy working with ideas that arise as they engage the world. They like to think carefully, looking at ides from more than one perspective, and without partisan urgency or desperate defensive moves. Of course, not all people who call themselves philosophers follow this ideal, but it has a long history, having been exemplified by Socrates and others in the ancient world. The essays in this volume attempt to live up to this ideal, which does not, by the way, prevent Dr. Abegg from reaching strong conclusions—which are, however, always open to challenge.. While parts of some of the essays may be difficult in places for readers not acquainted with philosophy, the shorter essays written recently for this collection are easier to read and also more lively. As a glance at the Table of Contents will reveal, the essays in this volume are on topics that should be important for all of us, such as sexual morality, abortion, Sigmund Freud, the relation between science and religion, and efforts to find a meaningful minimal religion.
