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The Philosophical Review (2007) 116 (2): 294–297.
Published: 01 April 2007
...William J. Talbott Carol C. Gould, Globalizing Democracy and Human Rights. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. xi + 276 pp. Cornell University 2007 BOOK REVIEWS Allan Gibbard, Thinking How to Live. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003. ix...
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The Philosophical Review (2017) 126 (1): 140–146.
Published: 01 January 2017
... of simpleminded outcome orientation and democracy aversion. As recently shown by Schofield (2006) and Elster (2013) , quite the opposite seems to be the case. Most FNI theories claim irreflexivity, meaning that we cannot make ourselves unfree—only other agents can do that. Due to this irreflexive character...
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The Philosophical Review (2023) 132 (3): 525–528.
Published: 01 July 2023
...Kevin Vallier [email protected] Talisse Robert , Sustaining Democracy: What We Owe to the Other Side . New York : Oxford University Press , 2021 . 184 pp. © 2023 by Cornell University 2023 Sustaining Democracy is Robert Talisse’s well-argued follow-up to his...
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The Philosophical Review (2010) 119 (4): 595–599.
Published: 01 October 2010
...Thomas Christiano James Bohman, Democracy across Borders: From Dêmos to Dêmoi . Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2007. viii + 219 pp. © 2010 by Cornell University 2010 BOOK REVIEWS Michael Quante, Hegel’s Concept of Action,trans.DeanMoyar. Cambridge: Cambridge...
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The Philosophical Review (2024) 133 (3): 265–308.
Published: 01 July 2024
...Brian Hedden; Jacob M. Nebel Multidimensional concepts are everywhere, and they are important. Examples include moral value, welfare, scientific confirmation, democracy, and biodiversity. How, if at all, can we aggregate the underlying dimensions of a multidimensional concept F to yield verdicts...
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The Philosophical Review (2024) 133 (4): 367–413.
Published: 01 October 2024
...Daniel Wodak Political egalitarians hold that there is a distinct ideal of political equality, which defines and justifies democracy. So what is political equality? The orthodox view says it is equality of opportunity for political influence , not equality of political influence . The first goal...
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The Philosophical Review (2003) 112 (4): 561–566.
Published: 01 October 2003
... precisely, she undertakes “to render problematic the standard view that Plato’s texts are unequivocally hostile to democracy” (14). “Although Plato’s dialogues are unquestionably and radically critical of elements of Athe- nian democracy, it is not accurate to claim further that they attack democracy...
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The Philosophical Review (2010) 119 (4): 593–595.
Published: 01 October 2010
... Philosophical Review, Vol. 119, No. 4, 2010 DOI 10.1215/00318108-2010-015 James Bohman, Democracy across Borders: From Dˆemos to Dˆemoi. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2007. viii + 219 pp. In his book, James Bohman defends “republican cosmopolitanism” (102) and in particular the idea that there should...
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The Philosophical Review (2021) 130 (1): 145–149.
Published: 01 January 2021
... with human nature), it may be practically impossible for us in so far as its proposals clash with the foundational commitments of contemporary Western society, such as democracy and pluralism regarding the best way to live. Thakkar's strategy is to modify Plato's theory whenever it clashes...
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The Philosophical Review (2024) 133 (4): 433–436.
Published: 01 October 2024
... “for the redemption of at least some perpetrators of injustice” and for a reconciliation with (at least some of) them in our future community (38). Chapter 2 begins with an epigraph from John Dewey: “The task of democracy ... is creation of a freer and more humane experience in which all share and to which all...
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The Philosophical Review (2023) 132 (3): 520–525.
Published: 01 July 2023
... for the rest of the volume. Shiffrin characterizes democracy as a system that treats its members with equal concern and respect, and one that enables its citizens to serve as the “equal and exclusive co-authors” of its legal norms and directives (20). Law plays a distinctive and crucial role on this account...
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The Philosophical Review (2014) 123 (4): 544–549.
Published: 01 October 2014
... antipathy between democracy and individual rights. In Freedom's Law , he argued that insisting on respect for rights, even rights enforced by unelected judges, is not only compatible with a commitment to democracy, but it is the assurance of a condition that makes majoritarian democracy legitimate...
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The Philosophical Review (2023) 132 (2): 316–320.
Published: 01 April 2023
...!’ Sometimes, the effects of our states’ wrongdoings hit us materially. When states pay compensation to the victims of their wrongdoings, these payments almost always detract from what would otherwise be enjoyed by those living in the state. Is this effect justified? Avia Pasternak answers: “in democracies...
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The Philosophical Review (2004) 113 (1): 127–129.
Published: 01 January 2004
..., “is especially important in the United States, where levels of religious belief and observance are far higher than in any industrialized democracy. It is difficult to imagine that any liberal democracy can sustain conscientious support if it tells millions of its citizens that they can- not rightly say what...
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The Philosophical Review (2024) 133 (4): 428–432.
Published: 01 October 2024
... Darwall, Samuel Scheffler, Rainer Forst, and Japa Pallikkathayil; (3) “Rawls, Ideal Theory, and the Persistence of Injustice,” with essays from Erin I. Kelly, Henry S. Richardson, Tommie Shelby, and Laura Valentini; and (4) “Puralism, Democracy, and the Future of Justice as Fairness,” with essays from...
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The Philosophical Review (2002) 111 (4): 618–620.
Published: 01 October 2002
... is the application of Rawls’s conception of justice, espe- cially the economic standards. In JF Rawls distinguishes between a capitalist welfare state, which does not meet his criteria for a just society, and a property- owning democracy, which does. Rawls goes into some detail about the sort of taxation...
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The Philosophical Review (2001) 110 (4): 593–596.
Published: 01 October 2001
..., and concern the species and sub-species of constitution, the second-best constitution, and the suitability of a particular constitution for a particular people. The fourth, the question of how to institute the various forms of democracy and oligarchy, is addressed in Book VI; the fifth...
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The Philosophical Review (2005) 114 (2): 253–271.
Published: 01 April 2005
.... Broome, John. 1993 . Can a Humean be Moderate? In Value, Welfare, and Morality , ed. R. G. Frey and Christopher Morris. New York: Cambridge University Press. Buchanan, James. 1954 . Social Choice, Democracy and Free Markets. Journal of Political Economy 62 : 114 -23. Edgeworth, F. Y. [1881...
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The Philosophical Review (2011) 120 (2): 331–336.
Published: 01 April 2011
... in Philosophy. London: Continuum. ix þ173 pp. Inston, Kevin. 2010. Rousseau and Radical Democracy. London: Continuum. vii þ226 pp. Jacquette, Dale. 2010. Logic and How It Gets That Way. Durham, UK: Acumen. xiv þ306 pp. Jameson, Fredric. 2010. The Hegel Variations: On the Phenomenology of Spirit...
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The Philosophical Review (2011) 120 (3): 469–474.
Published: 01 July 2011
... 469 BOOKS RECEIVED Bruce, Michael. 2010. College Sex: Philosophy for Everyone: Philosophers with Benefits. Philosophy for Everyone. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. xiv þ235 pp. Bruno-Jofre, Rosa del Carmen. 2011. Democracy and the Intersection of Religion and Traditions...