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Author Nielsen, Kai., 1926-2021.

Title Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will [electronic resource] : the political philosophy of Kai Nielsen / edited by David Rondel and Alex Sager.

Imprint Calgary [Alta.] : University of Calgary Press, c2012 (Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2013).

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Description 1 electronic text (xlii, 476 p.) : digital file.
Series Canadian Electronic Library. Canadian publishers collection.
Note Issued as part of the Canadian Electronic Library. Canadian publishers collection.
Bibliography "Selected writings by Kai Nelson": p. 437-443.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-467) and index.
Contents Introduction : Kai Nielsen's Political Philosophy: A Critical Introduction and Overview -- I. Metaphilosophy: Critical Theory and Wide-Reflective Equilibrium ; 1 On Finding One's Feet in Philosophy: From Wittgenstein to Marx ; 2 Metaphilosophy, Pragmatism, and a Kind of Critical Theory: Nielsen and Rorty ; 3 On There Being Wide Reflective Equilibria: Why It Is Important to Put It in the Plural ; 4 The Global Crisis of Values: The Poverty of Moral Philosophy -- II. Egalitarianism and Socialism ; 5 On the Choice between Reform and Revolution ; 6 Justice and Modes of Production: Allen Wood's "The Marxian Critique of Justice" Revisited ; 7 Class and Justice ; 8 Radical Egalitarian Justice: Justice as Equality ; 9 Radical Egalitarianism Revisited: On Going beyond the Difference Principle -- III. Cosmopolitanism, Nationalism, and Global Justice ; 10 Is Global Justice Impossible? ; 11 Liberal Nationalism, Liberal Democracies, and Secession ; 12 Cosmopolitan Nationalism ; 13 World Government: A Cosmopolitan Imperative? -- Afterword: An Interview with Kai Nielsen on Political Philosophy.
Access Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
Form Also available in print version.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
System Details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject Political science -- Philosophy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Rondel, David, 1978-
Sager, Alexander E. (Alexander Edward)
Canadian Electronic Library (Firm)
Other Form: Print version 1552385302 9781552385302
ISBN 9781552385302 (print)
1552385302 (pbk.)
9781552385319 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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