Lexington Books
Pages: 232
Trim: 6⅜ x 9⅜
978-0-7391-2298-3 • Hardback • May 2009 • $128.00 • (£98.00)
978-0-7391-2299-0 • Paperback • May 2009 • $57.99 • (£45.00)
978-1-4616-3382-2 • eBook • May 2009 • $55.00 • (£42.00)
John-Stewart Gordon teaches philosophy at Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Becoming Moral Agents: On the Personal Worldview Imperative
Chapter 3 A Feminist Personal Worldview Imperative
Chapter 4 Justification in Ethics: Desiring to Be Good and Ethical Commendation
Chapter 5 Justification in Ethics
Chapter 6 On the Possibility of a Hierarchy of Moral Goods
Chapter 7 Michael Boylan on Religion and Ethics: An Appreciative Theological Assessment
Chapter 8 Extinguishing Desire: Not a Simple Plan at All
Chapter 9 Diversity and the Common Body of Knowledge
Chapter 10 On Justice
Chapter 11 Justice in "A Just Society"
Chapter 12 Public Policy: Moving Toward Moral Cosmopolitanism
Chapter 13 Establishing Global Health Obligations Amid Ethical Diversity: A Commentary on Boylan's "A Just Society"
Chapter 14 Ethics, Metaethics, Political Theory, and Policy: A Reply to My Colleagues
Part 15 Definitions
Michael Boylan's book A Just Society challenges old assumptions and advances a new analytical framework for understanding social justice. This important collection provides not only a full and vigorous engagement with Boylan's novel moral-political theory, but also a fresh set of views on the nature, meaning and prospects of a just society today.
— Patrick Hayden, University of St. Andrews
This volume is a sharp and comprehensive assessment of Michael Boylan's A Just Society that will stimulate further debate on the timeless topic of justice.
— Doris Schroeder, University of Central Lancashire