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Liberalism and Affirmative Obligation The scope of affirmative obligation is a point of contention among liberals. Some see affirmative obligations required by social justice as incompatible with a strong commitment to individual freedom. The task before the moderate liberal is then to consider what a consistently liberal view of< br> affirmative obligation would have to be in order to accommodate liberal commitments to freedom and justice and also account for long-standing institutions that are central to liberal democratic society.< br> < br> In this book, Patricia Smith argues that this can be achieved by reconstructing the liberal doctrine of positive and negative duty. She offers a careful consideration of these elements of liberal principles as they relate to affirmative obligation. Through an innovative analysis of the institutions< br> of family and contract, Smith develops the idea of duties of membership as preferable to natural duties (to explain family obligation) and as needed to supplement contractual duties (to explain professional obligation). This idea is then applied to the problem of justifying political obligation. She< br> argues that membership obligations, implied in cooperative endeavor, must supplement obligations of consent that are central to liberal theory. This is deftly illustrated through a state of nature theory that includes community membership, eliminating atomistic individualism while maintaining< br> consonance with what Smith calls cooperative individualism. The resulting view of liberal individualism is consistent, complete, and capable of handling long-standing liberal institutions, while taking seriously the demands of affirmativeobligations.< br> < br> Smiths clear articulation of a liberal view of affirmative obligation finds a middle ground on this polarized topic, with compelling and reasoned implications for liberal political philosophy. Her discussion will interest students and scholars of legal and political |
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Aryan Cowboys White Supremacists and the Search for a New Frontier, 1970-2000 Evelyn Schlatter takes the reader on a dark journey through one of the most disturbing features of the nation's historical and contemporary cultural landscape. — David Wrobel, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, author of Promised Lands and The End of American Exceptionalism During the last third of the twentieth century, white supremacists moved, both literally and in the collective imagination, from midnight rides through Mississippi to broadband-wired cabins in Montana. But while rural Montana may be on the geographical fringe of the country, white supremacist groups were not pushed there, and they are far from "fringe elements" of society, as many Americans would like to believe. Evelyn Schlatter's startling analysis describes how many of the new white supremacist groups in the West have co-opted the region's mythology and environment based on longstanding beliefs about American character and Manifest Destiny to shape an organic, home-grown movement. Dissatisfied with the urbanized, culturally progressive coasts, disenfranchised by affirmative action and immigration, white supremacists have found new hope in the old ideal of the West as a land of opportunity waiting to be settled by self-reliant traditional families. Some even envision the region as a potential white homeland. Groups such as Aryan Nations, The Order, and Posse Comitatus use controversial issues such as affirmative action, anti-Semitism, immigration, and religion to create sympathy for their extremist views among mainstream whites— while offering a "solution" in the popular conception of the West as a place of freedom, opportunity, and escape from modern society. Aryan Cowboys exposes the exclusionistmessage of this "American" ideal, while documenting its dangerous appeal. |
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Contemporary Debates in Applied Ethics Contemporary Debates in Applied Ethics features original essays on some of the most hotly debated issues in the field. Is abortion morally permissible? Should we be allowed to clone human beings? Should immigration be limited, or left open?Eleven pairs of newly commissioned essays shape the volume, with each question treated by a pair of opposing essays. This distinctive format offers readers a unique opportunity to observe philosophers engaging in head-to-head debate. Together, the essays provide an accessible introduction to the major topics in applied ethics, including abortion, affirmative action, animals, capital punishment, cloning, euthanasia, immigration, pornography, privacy and civil society, values in nature, and world hunger.Showcasing original arguments for well-defined positions, as well as clear and concise statements of sophisticated philosophical views, this volume is an excellent resource for professional philosophers and students alike. |
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Hegel's Ethics of Recognition In this significant contribution to Hegel scholarship, Robert Williams develops the most comprehensive account to date of Hegel's concept of recognition ("Anerkennung). Fichte introduced the concept of recognition as a presupposition of both Rousseau's social contract and Kant's ethics. Williams shows that Hegel appropriated the concept of recognition as the general pattern of his concept of ethical life, breaking with natural law theory yet incorporating the Aristotelian view that rights and virtues are possible only within a certain kind of community.He explores Hegel's intersubjective concept of spirit ("Geist) as the product of affirmative mutual recognition and his conception of recognition as the right to have rights. Examining Hegel's Jena manuscripts, his "Philosophy of Right, the "Phenomenology of Spirit, and other works, Williams shows how the concept of recognition shapes and illumines Hegel's understandings of crime and punishment, morality, the family, the state, sovereignty, international relations, and war. A concluding chapter on the reception and reworking of the concept of recognition by contemporary thinkers including Derrida, Levinas, and Deleuze demonstrates Hegel's continuing centrality to the philosophical concerns of our age. |
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Racial Attitudes and Asian Pacific Americans Demystifying the Model Minority <P>This study examines the complex sources and implications of the racial attitudes of Asian Pacific American (APA) college students, who, as one of the fastest growing demographics in higher education enrollments, play an increasingly significant role in campus race relations. Drawing upon research on racial attitudes, racial/ethnic identity, and college impact theory, this study explores the views of APA students on such contemporary and controversial racial issues as affirmative action principles and practices, discrimination and social inequality, and racial/ethnic identification.</P> |
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Ethics, Law, and Business This essential business ethics text touches on many themes important to future leaders of business. Broad in its scope, the book presents the business aspects of philosophy, law, politics, government policy, and education. The material is designed to heighten the reader's sensitivity to the moral domain existing in business. As the culture of American "big business" has clouded the view of society towards business professionals, "Ethics, Law, and Business" realizes a need to prepare business students for leadership roles in the communities, as well as in business. This text discusses the basics of free speech, violence, affirmative action, and public education. Filling an important gap, this textbook presents imminently readable information on several business topics. In the past, there was not one or even any combination of books that provided the necessary coverage in a usable format. This book is appropriate for a semester course on business ethics in any graduate or undergraduate program. This textbook will be accompanied by an Instructor's Manual written by Wines and Nancy L. Bodie, Boise State University. It will feature PowerPoint slides, discussion problems, test items, and teaching suggestions. |
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The Genesis of Doctrine A Study in the Foundation of Doctrinal Criticism Alister E. McGrath begins his book by critically engaging the views of George Lindbeck on doctrine before moving on to present a fresh understanding of the nature and function of Christian doctrine within the church. Particular attention is paid to the way in which doctrine acts as a demarcator between communities of faith, providing important insights into contemporary ecumenical debates. McGrath also explores the crucial issue of the authority of the past in Christian theology, focusing especially on how doctrine serves to maintain continuity within the Christian tradition. The Genesis of Doctrine represents an exploration of a "middle way" in relation to the significance of Christian doctrine, rejecting both those approaches that insist on the uncritical repetition of the doctrinal heritage of the past and those that disallow the authority of past doctrinal formulations. The book concludes by considering whether doctrine has a future within the church, answering this question in the affirmative on the basis of a number of important theological and cultural considerations. Product Description: Explores the crucial issue of the authority of the past in Christian theology, focusing especially on how doctrine serves to maintain continuity within the Christian tradition. |
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Nietzsche and Buddhism Morrison offers an illuminating study of two linked traditions that have figured prominently in twentieth-century thought: Buddhism and the philosophy of Nietzsche. Nietzsche admired Buddhism, but saw it as a dangerously nihilistic religion; he forged his own affirmative philosophy in reaction< br> against the nihilism that he feared would overwhelm Europe. Morrison shows that Nietzsche's influential view of Buddhism was mistaken, and that far from being nihilistic, it has notable and perhaps surprising affinities with Nietzsche's own project of the transvaluation of all values. |
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Whose Church? A Concise Guide to Progressive Catholicism Noted social ethicist Dan Maguire explains what Catholicism actually says about good sex, women's equality, social justice, and the environment. ""All the world's major religions started out powered by the left-wing passions of justice, hope, and compassion...targeting exploitation of the have-nots by the haves.""from "Whose Church?" In the spring of 2007, Daniel C. Maguire was condemned by U.S. bishops for his progressive writings, because, the "New York Times" reported, Maguire's pamphlets on abortion and same-sex marriage "are written in a very popular and lively style, and from what the bishops knew, they were very widely distributed." Praised by "Ms."magazine as one of "40 male heroes who took a chance for women," Maguire is a noted theologian and ethicist whose controversial views and irreverent style have rankled conservatives for nearly thirty years. In this pithy guide to progressive Catholicism, Maguire shows how tragically far conservative Catholic politics have strayed from the best Catholic social teaching. "Whose Church?" takes special aim at the "pelvic politics" that have dominated official Catholicism, skewering the Church hierarchy's rigid positions on sex and reproduction and revealing a "spiritually healthy" alternative approach that is fully in line with Catholic tradition. "Whose Church?" offers deeply informed and incisive theological arguments in favor of gender equality, affirmative action and antiracism, opposition to war, and the fight against poverty and economic inequality. Full of humor, passion, and intolerance for injustice, "Whose Church?" is a manifesto for Catholics and for progressives everywhere--showing the way forward at a criticaljuncture in the history of the U.S. Catholic Church and in progressive politics more generally. About the series: Titles in the "Whose Religion?" series will spark a spirited and substantive public debate over Catholicism, Protestantism, Judaism, and Islam and where each stands on today's most |
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The Triumph of Practice Over Theory in Ethics Aristotelian ethics, Kantian ethics, and utilitarian ethics have been for some time now the main options within (Western) ethics, and the central task over the years has been to determine which of the three is right. Is this book yet another attempt to fulfill this same old task? Not at all.< br> Sterba argues that in their ongoing attempts to put forward for general consideration the most morally defensible versions of their views, advocates of Aristotelian ethics, Kantian ethics, and utilitarian ethics have jettisoned much of what had originally distinguished their theories from each< br> other. The upshot is that, in their current most morally defensible formulations, Aristotelian ethics, Kantian ethics, and utilitarian ethics no longer differ in the practical requirements they endorse. This makes the resolution of moral problems far easier. Sterba drives home his claims by taking< br> up some of the most challenging and important moral problems of our time--sexual harassment, affirmative action, and international terrorism and Iraqi War II. This book is an ideal supplementary text for courses in introductory ethics, history of ethics, contemporary moral problems, and various< br> applied ethics courses. Featuring a lucid writing style and coverage of current moral issues, it is also captivating reading for general readers. |
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If you're against affirmative action but in favour of racial profiling, does that make you a racist?
Q. I think it does. The same arguments that oppose affirmative action (only racists see race, "black" and "hispanic" are not synonyms for poor and uneducated) can be used to oppose racial pro-filling (just replace "poor and uneducated" with "criminals and drug addicts") Yet why is it that some (especially on the far right) oppose affirmative action strongly, yet say that racial profiling is completely OK? I am personally against both ( and this is comming from an minority) I simply follow Stephen Colbert's motto. "I don't see race, people tell me I'm brown, I believe them" (insert any race for this) What are your feelings towards both these issues, and if you happen to be againse affirmative action but in favour of racial profiling, can… [cont.]
Asked by Go Leafs Go - Fri Jun 22 01:37:14 2007 - - 16 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Racial profiling is going off of facts of the circumstances to reduce or catch criminals in an act that has either happened or to prevent an attack or crime from happening. If a crime has just been committed and the victim says a white male stole my wallet wearing sweats and then cops focus their attention mostly on white males, is that now racial profiling or being smart to go off the facts of the crime? If every time a store gets robbed its a black male so the cops or the store owner now keep a closer eye on black males going into the store is that racism? or is it going off the probability and facts of the situation? Affirmative action is giving someone an unfair advantage simply because of their race, thus limiting the field for… [cont.]
Answered by cadisneygirl - Fri Jun 22 02:16:08 2007
Q. I think it does. The same arguments that oppose affirmative action (only racists see race, "black" and "hispanic" are not synonyms for poor and uneducated) can be used to oppose racial pro-filling (just replace "poor and uneducated" with "criminals and drug addicts") Yet why is it that some (especially on the far right) oppose affirmative action strongly, yet say that racial profiling is completely OK? I am personally against both ( and this is comming from an minority) I simply follow Stephen Colbert's motto. "I don't see race, people tell me I'm brown, I believe them" (insert any race for this) What are your feelings towards both these issues, and if you happen to be againse affirmative action but in favour of racial profiling, can… [cont.]
Asked by Go Leafs Go - Fri Jun 22 01:37:14 2007 - - 16 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Racial profiling is going off of facts of the circumstances to reduce or catch criminals in an act that has either happened or to prevent an attack or crime from happening. If a crime has just been committed and the victim says a white male stole my wallet wearing sweats and then cops focus their attention mostly on white males, is that now racial profiling or being smart to go off the facts of the crime? If every time a store gets robbed its a black male so the cops or the store owner now keep a closer eye on black males going into the store is that racism? or is it going off the probability and facts of the situation? Affirmative action is giving someone an unfair advantage simply because of their race, thus limiting the field for… [cont.]
Answered by cadisneygirl - Fri Jun 22 02:16:08 2007
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