Autonomy, Authority and Moral Responsibility
Author : Thomas May
Publisher :
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 27,25 MB
Release : 2014-01-15
Category :
ISBN : 9789401590310
In Defense of Anarchism
Author : Robert Paul Wolff
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 32,77 MB
Release : 1998-09-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780520215733
Book Description
With a new preface, Robert Paul Wolff's classic analysis of the foundations of the authority of the state and the problems of political authority and moral autonomy in a democracy.
Epistemic Authority
Author : Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 12,51 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0190278269
Book Description
Gives an extended argument for epistemic authority from the implications of reflective self-consciousness. Epistemic authority is compatible with autonomy, but epistemic self-reliance is incoherent. The book argues that epistemic and emotional self-trust are rational and inescapable, that consistent self-trust commits us to trust in others, and that among those we are committed to trusting are some whom we ought to treat as epistemic authorities, modelled on the well-known principles of authority of Joseph Raz. Some of these authorities can be in the moral and religious domains. The book investigates the way the problem of disagreement between communities or between the self and others is a conflict within self-trust, and argue against communal self-reliance on the same grounds as the book uses in arguing against individual self-reliance. The book explains how any change in belief is justified--by the conscientious judgment that the change will survive future conscientious self-reflection. The book concludes with an account of autonomy. -- Información de la editorial.
Empire, Authority, and Autonomy in Achaemenid Anatolia
Author : Elspeth R. M. Dusinberre
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 47,61 MB
Release : 2013-04-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1316347885
Book Description
The Achaemenid Persian Empire (550–330 BCE) was a vast and complex sociopolitical structure that encompassed much of modern-day Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Egypt, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan and included two dozen distinct peoples who spoke different languages, worshipped different deities, lived in different environments and had widely differing social customs. This book offers a radical new approach to understanding the Achaemenid Persian Empire and imperialism more generally. Through a wide array of textual, visual and archaeological material, Elspeth R. M. Dusinberre shows how the rulers of the Empire constructed a system flexible enough to provide for the needs of different peoples within the confines of a single imperial authority and highlights the variability in response. This book examines the dynamic tensions between authority and autonomy across the Empire, providing a valuable new way of considering imperial structure and development.
The Politics of Persons
Author : John Christman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 20,27 MB
Release : 2009-09-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1139482610
Book Description
It is both an ideal and an assumption of traditional conceptions of justice for liberal democracies that citizens are autonomous, self-governing persons. Yet standard accounts of the self and of self-government at work in such theories are hotly disputed and often roundly criticized in most of their guises. John Christman offers a sustained critical analysis of both the idea of the 'self' and of autonomy as these ideas function in political theory, offering interpretations of these ideas which avoid such disputes and withstand such criticisms. Christman's model of individual autonomy takes into account the socially constructed nature of persons and their complex cultural and social identities, and he shows how this model can provide a foundation for principles of justice for complex democracies marked by radical difference among citizens. His book will interest a wide range of readers in philosophy, politics, and the social sciences.
Rabbinic Authority and Personal Autonomy
Author : Moshe Sokol
Publisher : Jason Aronson
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 31,23 MB
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780876685815
Book Description
Does traditional Jewish life encourage or discourage personal autonomy? To what extent are decisions of Jewish law influenced by subjective factors? Does rabbinic authority extend to all areas of life or does it confine itself to a narrower field of influence? What freedom does a rabbinic authority have to make innovations, and are there grounds for pluralism within the system of Jewish law? These questions cut to the core of Jewish life in the modern world. With the advent of modernity, great emphasis has been placed on the value of personal autonomy. Yet traditional Judaism has historically emphasized the authority of the rabbinic decision maker. The essays in this volume are concerned with exploring the tension between these two poles. Experts from such diverse fields as history, sociology, philosophy, and Jewish law explore the questions raised above. Their analyses are informed not only by their academic expertise but by their deep understanding of the Jewish legal system and Jewish life and their abiding concern for what it means to live that life in the modern world. The contributors to this volume were participants in the Orthodox Forum, an annual gathering of scholars who meet to consider major issues of concern to the Jewish community.
Constructing Authorities
Author : Onora O'Neill
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 36,37 MB
Release : 2015-12-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1316453782
Book Description
This collection of essays brings together the central lines of thought in Onora O'Neill's work on Kant's philosophy, developed over many years. Challenging the claim that Kant's attempt to provide a critique of reason fails because it collapses into a dogmatic argument from authority, O'Neill shows why Kant held that we must construct, rather than assume, the authority of reason, and how this can be done by ensuring that anything we offer as reasons can be followed by others, including others with whom we disagree. She argues that this constructivist view of reasoning is the clue to Kant's claims about knowledge, ethics and politics, as well as to his distinctive accounts of autonomy, the social contract, cosmopolitan justice and scriptural interpretation. Her essays are a distinctive and illuminating commentary on Kant's fundamental philosophical strategy and its implications, and will be a vital resource for scholars of Kant, ethics and philosophy of law.
Autonomy and the Challenges to Liberalism
Author : John Christman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 46,40 MB
Release : 2005-02-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1139444204
Book Description
In recent years the concepts of individual autonomy and political liberalism have been the subjects of intense debate, but these discussions have occurred largely within separate academic disciplines. Autonomy and the Challenges to Liberalism contains essays devoted to foundational questions regarding both the notion of the autonomous self and the nature and justification of liberalism. Written by leading figures in moral, legal and political theory, the volume covers inter alia the following topics: the nature of the self and its relation to autonomy, the social dimensions of autonomy and the political dynamics of respect and recognition, and the concept of autonomy underlying the principles of liberalism.
Authority, Autonomy, and the Archaeology of a Mississippian Community
Author : Erin S. Nelson
Publisher :
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 12,46 MB
Release : 2020
Category : SOCIAL SCIENCE
ISBN : 9781683401353
Book Description
This book is the first detailed investigation of the important archaeological site of Parchman Place in the Mississippi Delta, a defining area for understanding the Mississippian culture that spanned much of what is now the United States Southeast and Midwest before the fifteenth century.
Personal Autonomy
Author : James Stacey Taylor
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 44,78 MB
Release : 2005-01-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139442718
Book Description
Autonomy has recently become one of the central concepts in contemporary moral philosophy and has generated much debate over its nature and value. This 2005 volume brings together essays that address the theoretical foundations of the concept of autonomy, as well as essays that investigate the relationship between autonomy and moral responsibility, freedom, political philosophy, and medical ethics. Written by some of the most prominent philosophers working in these areas, this book represents research on the nature and value of autonomy that will be essential reading for a broad swathe of philosophers as well as many psychologists.
