Alternative conceptions of civil society / edited by Simone Chambers and Will Kymlicka.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chambers, Simone.

Kymlicka, Will.

Series:

Ethikon series in comparative ethics

The Ethikon series in comparative ethics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Social ethics.

Cultural pluralism.

Genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Physical Description:

vi, 237 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2002]

Summary:

The idea of civil society has long been central to the Western liberal-democratic tradition, where it has been seen as a crucial site for the development and pursuit of basic liberal values such as individual freedom, social pluralism, and democratic citizenship. This book considers how a host of other ethical traditions define civil society. Unlike most studies of the subject, which focus on a particular region or tradition, it considers a range of ethical traditions rarely addressed in one volume: libertarianism, critical theory, feminism, liberal egalitarianism, natural law, Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Confucianism. It considers the extent to which these traditions agree or disagree on how to define civil society's limits and how to evaluate its benefits and harms. A variety of distinguished advocates and interpreters of these traditions present in-depth explorations of how these various traditions think of ethical pluralism within societies, asking how a society should respond to diversity among its members. Together they procude a work rich with original insights on a wide range of subjects about which little has been written to date.

Contents:

Alternative conceptions of civil society / Simone Chambers and Will Kymlicka

Civil society as idea and ideal / Adam B. Seligman

Equality and civil society / Michael Walzer

Classical liberalism and civil society / Loren E. Lomasky

Does feminism need a conception of civil society? / Anne Phillips

A critical theory of civil society / Simone Chambers

Christianity and civil society / Michael Banner

Natural law and civil society / Michael Pakaluk

The Jewish tradition and civil society / Suzanne Last Stone

Alternative conceptions of civil society: a reflective Islamic approach / Hasan Hanafi

Confucian conceptions of civil society / Richard Madsen

Conclusion: are civil societies the transmission belts of ethical tradition? / Michael A. Mosher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0691087954

9780691087955

0691087962

9780691087962

OCLC:

47224343

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