This new collection of essays, most of them previously unpublished, addresses many of the core subjects of political philosophy: justice, liberty, and equality; the nature and meaning of liberalism; toleration; power and the fear of power; democracy; and the nature of political philosophy itself. A central theme throughout is that political philosophers need to engage more directly with the realities of political life, not simply with the theories of other philosophers. Williams makes this argument in part through a ...
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This new collection of essays, most of them previously unpublished, addresses many of the core subjects of political philosophy: justice, liberty, and equality; the nature and meaning of liberalism; toleration; power and the fear of power; democracy; and the nature of political philosophy itself. A central theme throughout is that political philosophers need to engage more directly with the realities of political life, not simply with the theories of other philosophers. Williams makes this argument in part through a searching examination of where political thinking should originate, to whom it might be addressed, and what it should deliver.
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New. No Jacket. pp. 226. Colección de ensayos que aborda algunos temas nucleares de la teoría política moderna como, justicia, libertad e igualdad; la naturaleza y el significado del liberalismo; la tolerancia; el poder y el miedo al poder; la democracia; y la naturaleza de la filosofía política misma. Como tema central se observa la necesidad de que los filósofos políticos se involucren más directamente con las realidades de la vida política, no únicamente con las teorías de otros filósofos.
