Philosophy and political engagement : reflection in the public sphere /: reflection in the public sphere. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Allyn Fives and Keith Breen.
• Editors: Fives, Allyn; Breen, Keith
• Contents: Practical ethics. The role of philosophy in public matters / Allyn Fives -- On philosophy's contribution to public matters : charting the course of a debate / Joseph Mahon -- Abortion and the right to not be pregnant / James Edwin Mahon -- Acts, omissions, and assisted death : some reflections on the Marie Fleming Case / Richard Hull and Annie McKeown O'Donovan -- Ethical commitment and political engagement. Writing as social disclosure : a hundred years ago and now / Alasdair MacIntyre -- Ethics, markets, and cultural goods / Russell Keat -- In defense of meaningful work as a public policy concern / Keith Breen -- Working from both ends : the dual role of philosophy in research ethics / Allyn Fives -- The justification of power and resistance. Three mistakes about democracy / Philip Pettit -- Karl Marx after a century and a half / Allen W. Wood -- Neither victims nor executioners : Camus as public intellectual / John Foley -- Violence and responsibility / Felix O'Murchadha.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 300.1; Political science; Philosophy -- Social aspects; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Reference; Philosophy -- Social aspects; Philosophy -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Philosophy -- Political; Political Science -- Public Policy -- General; Ethics & moral philosophy; Social & political philosophy; Public administration; Political theory; Ethics; Political science_xPhilosophy; Public policy; Political Science -- History & Theory; Political science & theory; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137445872; 1137445874; 1137445866; 9781137445865
• Related ISBNs: 9781137445865; 1137445866
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 18, 2016).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.