Modern social contract theory /
Weale, Albert,
Modern social contract theory / Albert Weale. - First edition. - 1 online resource : illustrations (colour). - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .
This edition also issued in print: 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An exposition and evaluation of major work in social contract theory from 1950 to the present. It locates the central themes of that theory in the intellectual legacy of utilitarianism, particularly the problems of defining principles of justice and of showing the grounds of moral obligation. It demonstrates how theorists responded in a novel way to the dilemmas articulated in utilitarianism, developing in their different approaches a constructivist method in ethics, a method that aimed to vindicate a liberal, democratic and just political order.
Specialized.
9780191887963 No price
Social contract.
Social contract--History.
Politics and Government.
Politics & government.
JC336
320.11
Modern social contract theory / Albert Weale. - First edition. - 1 online resource : illustrations (colour). - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .
This edition also issued in print: 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An exposition and evaluation of major work in social contract theory from 1950 to the present. It locates the central themes of that theory in the intellectual legacy of utilitarianism, particularly the problems of defining principles of justice and of showing the grounds of moral obligation. It demonstrates how theorists responded in a novel way to the dilemmas articulated in utilitarianism, developing in their different approaches a constructivist method in ethics, a method that aimed to vindicate a liberal, democratic and just political order.
Specialized.
9780191887963 No price
Social contract.
Social contract--History.
Politics and Government.
Politics & government.
JC336
320.11