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The Illusions of Egalitarianism

Author : John Kekes
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801473395
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (733 download)

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Download or read book The Illusions of Egalitarianism written by John Kekes and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this systematic and scathing attack on the dominant contemporary version of liberalism, John Kekes challenges political assumptions shared by the majority of people in Western societies. Egalitarianism, as it's widely known, holds that a government ought to treat all citizens with equal consideration. Kekes charges that belief in egalitarianism rests on illusions that prevent people from facing unpleasant truths.Kekes, a major voice in modern political thought, argues that differences among human beings in the areas of morality, reasonability, legality, and citizenship are too important for governance to ignore. In a rigorous criticism of prominent egalitarian thinkers, including Dworkin, Nagel, Nussbaum, Rawls, Raz, and Singer, Kekes charges that their views present a serious threat to both morality and reason. For Kekes, certain "inegalitarian truths" are obvious: people should get what they deserve, those who are good and those who are evil should not be treated as if they had the same moral worth, people should not be denied what they have earned in order to benefit those who have not earned it, and individuals should be held responsible for their actions. His provocative book will compel many readers to question their faith in liberalism.

Illusions of Equality (International Library of the Philosophy of Education Volume 7)

Author : David Cooper
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135171165
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (351 download)

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Download or read book Illusions of Equality (International Library of the Philosophy of Education Volume 7) written by David Cooper and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-02-25 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Educational policy and discussion, in Britain and the USA, are increasingly dominated by the confused ideology of egalitarianism. David E. Cooper begins by identifying the principles hidden among the confusions, and argues that these necessarily conflict with the ideal of educational excellence - in which conflict it is this ideal that must be preserved. He goes on to criticize the use of education as a tool for promoting wider social equality, focussing especially on the muddles surrounding 'equal opportunities', 'social mix' and 'reverse discrimination'. Further chapters criticize the 'new egalitarianism' favoured, on epistemological grounds, by various sociologists of knowledge in recent years and 'cultural egalitarianism' according to which standard criteria of educational value merely reflect parochial and economic interests.

Illusions of Equality

Author : David Edward Cooper
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780203860977
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (69 download)

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Download or read book Illusions of Equality written by David Edward Cooper and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Illusion of Freedom and Equality

Author : Richard Stivers
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791478033
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)

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Book Synopsis The Illusion of Freedom and Equality by : Richard Stivers

Download or read book The Illusion of Freedom and Equality written by Richard Stivers and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2008-07-16 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores how Enlightenment values have been transformed in a technological civilization.

Egalitarianism as a Revolt Against Nature and Other Essays

Author : Murray Newton Rothbard
Publisher : Ludwig von Mises Institute
ISBN 13 : 1610164628
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Egalitarianism as a Revolt Against Nature and Other Essays written by Murray Newton Rothbard and published by Ludwig von Mises Institute. This book was released on 2000 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Illusions of Equality (International Library of the Philosophy of Education Volume 7)

Author : David Cooper
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135171173
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (351 download)

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Book Synopsis Illusions of Equality (International Library of the Philosophy of Education Volume 7) by : David Cooper

Download or read book Illusions of Equality (International Library of the Philosophy of Education Volume 7) written by David Cooper and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-02-25 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Educational policy and discussion, in Britain and the USA, are increasingly dominated by the confused ideology of egalitarianism. David E. Cooper begins by identifying the principles hidden among the confusions, and argues that these necessarily conflict with the ideal of educational excellence - in which conflict it is this ideal that must be preserved. He goes on to criticize the use of education as a tool for promoting wider social equality, focussing especially on the muddles surrounding 'equal opportunities', 'social mix' and 'reverse discrimination'. Further chapters criticize the 'new egalitarianism' favoured, on epistemological grounds, by various sociologists of knowledge in recent years and 'cultural egalitarianism' according to which standard criteria of educational value merely reflect parochial and economic interests.

Against Liberalism

Author : John Kekes
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501721879
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Against Liberalism written by John Kekes and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Liberalism is doomed to failure, John Kekes argues in this penetrating criticism of its basic assumptions. Liberals favor individual autonomy, a wide plurality of choices, and equal rights and resources, seeing them as essential for good lives. They oppose such evils as selfishness, intolerance, cruelty, and greed. Yet the more autonomy, equality, and pluralism there is, Kekes contends, the greater is the scope for evil. According to Kekes, liberalism is inconsistent because the conditions liberals regard as essential for good lives actually foster the very evils liberals want to avoid, and avoiding those evils depends on conditions contrary to the ones liberals favor. Kekes argues further that the liberal conceptions of equality, justice, and pluralism require treating good and evil people with equal respect, distributing resources without regard to what recipients deserve, and restricting choices to those that conform to liberal preconceptions. All these policies are detrimental to good lives. Kekes concludes that liberalism cannot cope with the prevalence of evil, that it is vitiated by inconsistent commitments, and that—contrary to its aim—liberalism is an obstacle to good lives.

The Dark Side of the Left

Author : Richard J. Ellis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Dark Side of the Left written by Richard J. Ellis and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Political correctness, idealizing the oppressed, and an affinity for authoritarian and charismatic leaders are all parts of what Ellis calls "the dark side of the left."

White Christian Privilege

Author : Khyati Y. Joshi
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479840238
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)

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Download or read book White Christian Privilege written by Khyati Y. Joshi and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exposes the invisible ways in which white Christian privilege disadvantages racial and religious minorities in America The United States is recognized as the most religiously diverse country in the world, and yet its laws and customs, which many have come to see as normal features of American life, actually keep the Constitutional ideal of “religious freedom for all” from becoming a reality. Christian beliefs, norms, and practices infuse our society; they are embedded in our institutions, creating the structures and expectations that define the idea of “Americanness.” Religious minorities still struggle for recognition and for the opportunity to be treated as fully and equally legitimate members of American society. From the courtroom to the classroom, their scriptures and practices are viewed with suspicion, and bias embedded in centuries of Supreme Court rulings create structural disadvantages that endure today. In White Christian Privilege, Khyati Y. Joshi traces Christianity’s influence on the American experiment from before the founding of the Republic to the social movements of today. Mapping the way through centuries of slavery, westward expansion, immigration, and citizenship laws, she also reveals the ways Christian privilege in the United States has always been entangled with notions of White supremacy. Through the voices of Christians and religious minorities, Joshi explores how Christian privilege and White racial norms affect the lives of all Americans, often in subtle ways that society overlooks. By shining a light on the inequalities these privileges create, Joshi points the way forward, urging readers to help remake America as a diverse democracy with a commitment to true religious freedom.

Pragmatist Egalitarianism

Author : David Rondel
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190680687
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Pragmatist Egalitarianism written by David Rondel and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pragmatist Egalitarianism' argues that a deep impasse plagues philosophical egalitarianism. It sets forth a conception of equality rooted in American pragmatist thought-specifically William James, John Dewey, and Richard Rorty-that successfully mediates that impasse.

The Roots of Evil

Author : John Kekes
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 0801471303
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book The Roots of Evil written by John Kekes and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2014-02-15 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Evil is the most serious of our moral problems. All over the world cruelty, greed, prejudice, and fanaticism ruin the lives of countless victims. Outrage provokes outrage. Millions nurture seething hatred of real or imagined enemies, revealing savage and destructive tendencies in human nature. Understanding this challenges our optimistic illusions about the effectiveness of reason and morality in bettering human lives. But abandoning these illusions is vitally important because they are obstacles to countering the threat of evil. The aim of this book is to explain why people act in these ways and what can be done about it."—John Kekes The first part of this book is a detailed discussion of six horrible cases of evil: the Albigensian Crusade of about 1210; Robespierre's Terror of 1793–94; Franz Stangl, who commanded a Nazi death camp in 1943–44; the 1969 murders committed by Charles Manson and his "family"; the "dirty war" conducted by the Argentinean military dictatorship of the late 1970s; and the activities of a psychopath named John Allen, who recorded reminiscences in 1975. John Kekes includes these examples not out of sensationalism, but rather to underline the need to hold vividly in our minds just what evil is. The second part shows why, in Kekes's view, explanations of evil inspired by Christianity and the Enlightenment fail to account for these cases and then provides an original explanation of evil in general and of these instances of it in particular.

Moral Wisdom and Good Lives

Author : John Kekes
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501721860
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Moral Wisdom and Good Lives written by John Kekes and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this profound and yet accessible book, John Kekes discusses moral wisdom: a virtue essential to living a morally good and personally satisfying life. He advances a broad, nontechnical argument that considers the adversities inherent in the human condition and assists in the achievement of good lives. The possession of moral wisdom, Kekes asserts, is a matter of degree: more of it makes lives better, less makes them worse. Exactly what is moral wisdom, however, and how should it be sought? Ancient Greek and medieval Christian philosophers were centrally concerned with it. By contrast, modern Western sensibility doubts the existence of a moral order in reality; and because we doubt it, and have developed no alternatives, we have grown dubious about the traditional idea of wisdom. Kekes returns to the classical Greek sources of Western philosophy to argue for the contemporary significance of moral wisdom. He develops a proposal that is eudaimonistic—secular, anthropocentric, pluralistic, individualistic, and agonistic. He understands moral wisdom as focusing on the human effort to create many different forms of good lives. Although the approach is Aristotelian, the author concentrates on formulating and defending a contemporary moral ideal. The importance of this ideal, he shows, lies in increasing our ability to cope with life's adversities by improving our judgment. In chapters on moral imagination, self-knowledge, and moral depth, Kekes calls attention to aspects of our inner life that have been neglected because of our cultural inattention to moral wisdom. He discusses these inner processes through the tragedies of Sophocles, which can inspire us with their enduring moral significance and help us to understand the importance of moral wisdom to living a good life.

Blindspot

Author : Mahzarin R. Banaji
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0345528433
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book Blindspot written by Mahzarin R. Banaji and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Accessible and authoritative . . . While we may not have much power to eradicate our own prejudices, we can counteract them. The first step is to turn a hidden bias into a visible one. . . . What if we’re not the magnanimous people we think we are?”—The Washington Post I know my own mind. I am able to assess others in a fair and accurate way. These self-perceptions are challenged by leading psychologists Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald as they explore the hidden biases we all carry from a lifetime of exposure to cultural attitudes about age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, social class, sexuality, disability status, and nationality. “Blindspot” is the authors’ metaphor for the portion of the mind that houses hidden biases. Writing with simplicity and verve, Banaji and Greenwald question the extent to which our perceptions of social groups—without our awareness or conscious control—shape our likes and dislikes and our judgments about people’s character, abilities, and potential. In Blindspot, the authors reveal hidden biases based on their experience with the Implicit Association Test, a method that has revolutionized the way scientists learn about the human mind and that gives us a glimpse into what lies within the metaphoric blindspot. The title’s “good people” are those of us who strive to align our behavior with our intentions. The aim of Blindspot is to explain the science in plain enough language to help well-intentioned people achieve that alignment. By gaining awareness, we can adapt beliefs and behavior and “outsmart the machine” in our heads so we can be fairer to those around us. Venturing into this book is an invitation to understand our own minds. Brilliant, authoritative, and utterly accessible, Blindspot is a book that will challenge and change readers for years to come. Praise for Blindspot “Conversational . . . easy to read, and best of all, it has the potential, at least, to change the way you think about yourself.”—Leonard Mlodinow, The New York Review of Books “Banaji and Greenwald deserve a major award for writing such a lively and engaging book that conveys an important message: Mental processes that we are not aware of can affect what we think and what we do. Blindspot is one of the most illuminating books ever written on this topic.”—Elizabeth F. Loftus, Ph.D., distinguished professor, University of California, Irvine; past president, Association for Psychological Science; author of Eyewitness Testimony

Ceasefire!

Author : Cathy Young
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Ceasefire! written by Cathy Young and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "dissident feminist" links feminist advocacy to the growing gender antagonism in politics, society, and culture--and proposes in its place a new focus on equality for both sexes.

Paying for Inequality

Author : Andrew Glyn
Publisher : Institute for Public Policy Research
ISBN 13 : 9781854890597
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Paying for Inequality written by Andrew Glyn and published by Institute for Public Policy Research. This book was released on 1994 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the relationship between equality and economic efficiency in a number of policy areas. Highlights cases where redistribution of resources would lead to greater economic efficiency. Includes some economic trends in the UK from 1970 to 1992.

Value-Free Science

Author : Harold Kincaid
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190294795
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Value-Free Science written by Harold Kincaid and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-03-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has long been thought that science is our best hope for realizing objective knowledge, but that, to deliver on this promise, it must be value free. Things are not so simple, however, as recent work in science studies makes clear. The contributors to this volume investigate where and how values are involved in science, and examine the implications of this involvement for ideals of objectivity.

Democracy, Equality, and Justice

Author : Matt Matravers
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317983211
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Democracy, Equality, and Justice written by Matt Matravers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-04-08 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In addressing democracy, equality, and justice together, the book stimulates discussions that go beyond the sometimes increasingly technical and increasingly discrete literatures that now dominate the study of each concept. The chapters fall into four categories: on justice and democracy; justice and equality; justice and community; and justice and the future. Concerns of justice unite all the chapters in this volume. However, these concerns now manifest themselves in interesting and new directions. Politically, the book confronts urgent problems of democracy, equality, community, and of how to respond to potentially catastrophic climate change. The response to these problems cannot only be pragmatic and piecemeal. What emerges are a number of interlinking questions and themes that together constitute the central core of contemporary political philosophy. This book was previously published as a special issue of the Critical Review of Social and Political Philosophy.