By Nature Equal

Author : John E. Coons,Patrick M. Brennan
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1999-03-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781400822881

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By Nature Equal by John E. Coons,Patrick M. Brennan Pdf

What do we mean when we refer to people as being equal by nature? In the first book devoted to human equality as a fact rather than as a social goal or a legal claim, John Coons and Patrick Brennan argue that even if people possess unequal talents or are born into unequal circumstances, all may still be equal if it is true that human nature provides them the same access to moral self-perfection. Plausibly, in the authors' view, such access stems from the power of individuals to achieve goodness simply by doing the best they can to discover and perform correct actions. If people enjoy the same degree of natural capacity to try, all of us are offered the same opportunities for moral self-fulfillment. To believe this is to believe in equality. This truly interdisciplinary work not only proposes the authors' own rationale but also provides an effective deconstruction of several other contemporary theories of equality, while it engages historical, philosophical, and Christian accounts as well. Furthermore, by divorcing the "best" from the "brightest," it shows how descriptive equality acquires practical significance. Among other accomplishments, By Nature Equal offers communitarians a core principle that has until now eluded them, rescues human dignity from the hierarchy of intellect, identifies racism in a new way, and shows how justice can be freshly grounded in the conviction that every rational person has the same capacity for moral excellence.

Author : John E. Coons,Patrick M. Brennan
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1999-04-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780691059228

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2. The Host Property

Author : Patrick M and John E Brennan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1400815495

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By Nature Equal by Patrick M and John E Brennan Pdf

Author : Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199796113

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Born Free and Equal? by Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen Pdf

This text addresses these three issues: What is discrimination? What makes it wrong?; What should be done about wrongful discrimination? It argues that there are different concepts of discrimination; that discrimination is not always morally wrong and that when it is, it is so primarily because of its harmful effects.

Author : Jeremy Waldron
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-19
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780674659766

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One Another’s Equals by Jeremy Waldron Pdf

An enduring theme of Western philosophy is that we are all one another’s equals. Yet the principle of basic equality is woefully under-explored in modern moral and political philosophy. What does it mean to say we are all one another’s equals? Jeremy Waldron confronts this question fully and unflinchingly in a major new multifaceted account.

Author : Naomi Oreskes
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780691212265

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Why Trust Science? by Naomi Oreskes Pdf

Why the social character of scientific knowledge makes it trustworthy Are doctors right when they tell us vaccines are safe? Should we take climate experts at their word when they warn us about the perils of global warming? Why should we trust science when so many of our political leaders don't? Naomi Oreskes offers a bold and compelling defense of science, revealing why the social character of scientific knowledge is its greatest strength—and the greatest reason we can trust it. Tracing the history and philosophy of science from the late nineteenth century to today, this timely and provocative book features a new preface by Oreskes and critical responses by climate experts Ottmar Edenhofer and Martin Kowarsch, political scientist Jon Krosnick, philosopher of science Marc Lange, and science historian Susan Lindee, as well as a foreword by political theorist Stephen Macedo.

Author : Ozlem Sensoy,Robin DiAngelo
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807776179

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Is Everyone Really Equal? by Ozlem Sensoy,Robin DiAngelo Pdf

This is the new edition of the award-winning guide to social justice education. Based on the authors’ extensive experience in a range of settings in the United States and Canada, the book addresses the most common stumbling blocks to understanding social justice. This comprehensive resource includes new features such as a chapter on intersectionality and classism; discussion of contemporary activism (Black Lives Matter, Occupy, and Idle No More); material on White Settler societies and colonialism; pedagogical supports related to “common social patterns” and “vocabulary to practice using”; and extensive updates throughout. Accessible to students from high school through graduate school, Is Everyone Really Equal? is a detailed and engaging textbook and professional development resource presenting the key concepts in social justice education. The text includes many user-friendly features, examples, and vignettes to not just define but illustrate the concepts. “Sensoy and DiAngelo masterfully unpack complex concepts in a highly readable and engaging fashion for readers ranging from preservice through experienced classroom teachers. The authors treat readers as intelligent thinkers who are capable of deep reflection and ethical action. I love their comprehensive development of a critical social justice framework, and their blend of conversation, clarity, and research. I heartily recommend this book!” —Christine Sleeter, professor emerita, California State University Monterey Bay

Author : Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781504035477

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A Discourse on Inequality by Jean-Jacques Rousseau Pdf

A fascinating examination of the relationship between civilization and inequality from one of history’s greatest minds The first man to erect a fence around a piece of land and declare it his own founded civil society—and doomed mankind to millennia of war and famine. The dawn of modern civilization, argues Jean-Jacques Rousseau in this essential treatise on human nature, was also the beginning of inequality. One of the great thinkers of the Enlightenment, Rousseau based his work in compassion for his fellow man. The great crime of despotism, he believed, was the raising of the cruel above the weak. In this landmark text, he spells out the antidote for man’s ills: a compassionate revolution to pull up the fences and restore the balance of mankind. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.

Author : Anne Phillips
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691226163

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Unconditional Equals by Anne Phillips Pdf

Why equality cannot be conditional on a shared human “nature” but has to be for all For centuries, ringing declarations about all men being created equal appealed to a shared human nature as the reason to consider ourselves equals. But appeals to natural equality invited gradations of natural difference, and the ambiguity at the heart of “nature” enabled generations to write of people as equal by nature while barely noticing the exclusion of those marked as inferior by their gender, race, or class. Despite what we commonly tell ourselves, these exclusions and gradations continue today. In Unconditional Equals, political philosopher Anne Phillips challenges attempts to justify equality by reference to a shared human nature, arguing that justification turns into conditions and ends up as exclusion. Rejecting the logic of justification, she calls instead for a genuinely unconditional equality. Drawing on political, feminist, and postcolonial theory, Unconditional Equals argues that we should understand equality not as something grounded in shared characteristics but as something people enact when they refuse to be considered inferiors. At a time when the supposedly shared belief in human equality is so patently not shared, the book makes a powerful case for seeing equality as a commitment we make to ourselves and others, and a claim we make on others when they deny us our status as equals.

Author : E. Asamoah-Yaw
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781524594251

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Most by Nature by E. Asamoah-Yaw Pdf

The book is about the authenticity of the conventional wisdom of nature and nurture. It engages the readers attention on moments of drawing a line between nature and the environment when establishing which of the two practically manages human beings. The popular belief that environmental forces count most in determining who, why, and what we are is challenged vigorously by this unique book. The author has demonstrated clearly, with modern scientific revelations, that it is, firstly, the content of all organic matters that controls, directs, and supervises our actions; nurture is the second added force. The book emphasizes that human similarities, equalities, and differences do exist because it is the unique biological constitution that gives energy to act. The similarity, equality, and differences among black people and nonblack people exist firstly because of the natural contents of body chemistry. The environment plays an insignificant part. The book traces human history from prehistoric times to the present to show the purpose of life, the maintenance of life, and the progress through adaptation and control of our environment. The book concludes that there exists excessive melanin segments in most Negroes blood chemistry, neurons, and brain organ, compared to those in most nonblacks. This excessive difference in the natural black pigment is responsible for most of the black peoples insensitivities in life management and progress based on evolutional human history of life and progress.

Author : Nicholas Ling,N. L. (Nicholas Ling),John Bodenham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1647
Category : Aphorisms and apothegms
ISBN : BL:A0022392047

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Politeuphuia by Nicholas Ling,N. L. (Nicholas Ling),John Bodenham Pdf

Author : John RAWLS
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780674042605

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A Theory of Justice by John RAWLS Pdf

Though the revised edition of A Theory of Justice, published in 1999, is the definitive statement of Rawls's view, so much of the extensive literature on Rawls's theory refers to the first edition. This reissue makes the first edition once again available for scholars and serious students of Rawls's work.

Author : James P. Collman
Publisher : University Science Books
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2001-09-21
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1891389092

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Naturally Dangerous by James P. Collman Pdf

Examines the scientific facts behind claims about the safety or dangers of organic and commercial foods, natural herbs, modern medicine, and the environment.

Author : Ellen Frankel Paul,Fred D. Miller, Jr,Jeffrey Paul
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Law
ISBN : 0521615143

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Natural Rights Liberalism from Locke to Nozick: Volume 22, Part 1 by Ellen Frankel Paul,Fred D. Miller, Jr,Jeffrey Paul Pdf

"The essays in this book have also been published, without introduction and index, in the semiannual journal Social philosophy & policy, volume 22, number 1"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author : Kei Hiruta
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691226125

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Hannah Arendt and Isaiah Berlin by Kei Hiruta Pdf

For the first time, the full story of the conflict between two of the twentieth century’s most important thinkers—and the lessons their disagreements continue to offer Two of the most iconic thinkers of the twentieth century, Hannah Arendt (1906–1975) and Isaiah Berlin (1909–1997) fundamentally disagreed on central issues in politics, history and philosophy. In spite of their overlapping lives and experiences as Jewish émigré intellectuals, Berlin disliked Arendt intensely, saying that she represented “everything that I detest most,” while Arendt met Berlin’s hostility with indifference and suspicion. Written in a lively style, and filled with drama, tragedy and passion, Hannah Arendt and Isaiah Berlin tells, for the first time, the full story of the fraught relationship between these towering figures, and shows how their profoundly different views continue to offer important lessons for political thought today. Drawing on a wealth of new archival material, Kei Hiruta traces the Arendt–Berlin conflict, from their first meeting in wartime New York through their widening intellectual chasm during the 1950s, the controversy over Arendt’s 1963 book Eichmann in Jerusalem, their final missed opportunity to engage with each other at a 1967 conference and Berlin’s continuing animosity toward Arendt after her death. Hiruta blends political philosophy and intellectual history to examine key issues that simultaneously connected and divided Arendt and Berlin, including the nature of totalitarianism, evil and the Holocaust, human agency and moral responsibility, Zionism, American democracy, British imperialism and the Hungarian Revolution. But, most of all, Arendt and Berlin disagreed over a question that goes to the heart of the human condition: what does it mean to be free?