I still think one of the best ones is the David Miller ed. Blackwell's Encyclopedia of Political Thought; after that the Blackwells Companion to Political Philosophy (Goodin, Pettit eds) and most recently, Oxford Handbook to Political Theory. But the Miller ed. is good for a student coming at these things for the first time - lots of entries and written by good people (although still pretty general). After that, the Stanford online encyl. Is excellent, but advanced. D.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Dictionaries of Political Philosophy
Someone asked me for advice about dictionaries of political philosophy. Here's what Prof. Duncan Ivison (excellent political philosopher at our own university, current Head of SOPHI) has to say:
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Secondary reading on Rawls
For those looking for some secondary material on Rawls' work, a good place to start is the Glossary provided by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (this is a great resource generally). Also see the Rawls resources site listed under "Sites to check out" at the bottom of this blog.
Rawls and global justice
On his blog, Chris M takes up the point made in the lecture about whether or how Rawls' principles of justice function in a world of globalisation.
This issue has provoked some interesting discussion. The leading theorist here is Charles Beitz. In his work "Political Theory and International Relations," Beitz argues for extending Rawls principles of justice to order relations between nation states.
He suggests that if societies are to be understood as interdependent, cooperative entities that interact in meaningful (and potentially mutually advantageous) ways, then surely Rawls’ domestic principles of justice should apply to the relations between – and not merely within – them.
Rawls himself addresses the issue of global justice in a work called "The Law of Peoples" but he comes up with different principles to those he thinks apply to domestic situations within states. In particular, he rules out redistribution of wealth between nations to promote equality, or improve the situation of the "least advantaged" in this realm.
This issue has provoked some interesting discussion. The leading theorist here is Charles Beitz. In his work "Political Theory and International Relations," Beitz argues for extending Rawls principles of justice to order relations between nation states.
He suggests that if societies are to be understood as interdependent, cooperative entities that interact in meaningful (and potentially mutually advantageous) ways, then surely Rawls’ domestic principles of justice should apply to the relations between – and not merely within – them.
Rawls himself addresses the issue of global justice in a work called "The Law of Peoples" but he comes up with different principles to those he thinks apply to domestic situations within states. In particular, he rules out redistribution of wealth between nations to promote equality, or improve the situation of the "least advantaged" in this realm.
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Welcome
Hello CPPers,
This is an example of the kind of blog you will be asked to create for this course. You can design them to be as individual as you like - no need to stick to blogger if you're familiar with other blog servers (so long as the server you choose provides an RSS feed). Once you've all created your blogs, the postings from the different student blogs will be fed into tutorial "blog rolls" like the one you see in the upper right hand corner of this page. This means you'll have easy access to what everyone is doing.
Feel free to post questions, comments, arguments, reflections... anything, really, so long as it has something to do with the course. I'll be putting up a "best of" posting after the tutes each week on this blog, mentioning the highlights of the tutorial discussion. If you think I've missed anything good, or have more to say, jump in and post a comment, or start a new discussion from your blog.
To get started, if you're working with Google you'll need to:
1. Create a google account (if you don't already have one).
2. Create a blog.
3. Give me the URL of your blog - either directly, or via email.
4. I will then collect all the "feeds" from your blogs into a single feed for each tutorial group. These feeds will appear on the course blog.
5. You'll notice that this will make it easy to find other people's blogs. You can then post comments on their blogs, as well as making posts to your own blog.
If this all seems a bit confusing, DON'T PANIC. You'll be guided through the process of creating your blog during tutorials in the first week of the course.
- Justine
This is an example of the kind of blog you will be asked to create for this course. You can design them to be as individual as you like - no need to stick to blogger if you're familiar with other blog servers (so long as the server you choose provides an RSS feed). Once you've all created your blogs, the postings from the different student blogs will be fed into tutorial "blog rolls" like the one you see in the upper right hand corner of this page. This means you'll have easy access to what everyone is doing.
Feel free to post questions, comments, arguments, reflections... anything, really, so long as it has something to do with the course. I'll be putting up a "best of" posting after the tutes each week on this blog, mentioning the highlights of the tutorial discussion. If you think I've missed anything good, or have more to say, jump in and post a comment, or start a new discussion from your blog.
To get started, if you're working with Google you'll need to:
1. Create a google account (if you don't already have one).
2. Create a blog.
3. Give me the URL of your blog - either directly, or via email.
4. I will then collect all the "feeds" from your blogs into a single feed for each tutorial group. These feeds will appear on the course blog.
5. You'll notice that this will make it easy to find other people's blogs. You can then post comments on their blogs, as well as making posts to your own blog.
If this all seems a bit confusing, DON'T PANIC. You'll be guided through the process of creating your blog during tutorials in the first week of the course.
- Justine
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